1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; authorizing spending to acquire and better 
1.3 	public land and buildings and other improvements of a capital nature with 
1.4 	certain conditions; modifying previous appropriations; reducing prior bond 
1.5 	authorizations; authorizing the sale of state bonds; appropriating money;
1.6 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 16A.641, subdivisions 4a, 7; 
1.7 	16A.642, subdivision 2; Laws 2006, chapter 258, sections 7, subdivision 3, 
1.8 	as amended; 16, subdivision 5, as amended; 17, subdivision 8, as amended; 
1.9 	Laws 2008, chapter 179, sections 15, subdivision 8; 18, subdivisions 3, 6, as 
1.10 	amended; 19, subdivision 4; 24, subdivision 4; Laws 2008, chapter 365, section 
1.11 	4, subdivision 3, as amended; Laws 2009, chapter 93, article 1, sections 14, 
1.12 	subdivision 3; 22; Laws 2010, chapter 189, sections 6, subdivisions 2, 4; 7, 
1.13 	subdivisions 19, 20, 22; 14, subdivision 3; 16, subdivision 4; 19, subdivision 4, 
1.14 	as amended; Laws 2010, chapter 333, article 2, section 23; Laws 2010, Second 
1.15 	Special Session chapter 1, article 1, section 9, subdivision 5.
1.16 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

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

2.1	SUMMARY
	
2.2	University of Minnesota
	$
	88,833,000
	
2.3	Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
		131,586,000
	
2.4	Minnesota State Academies
		2,160,000
	
2.5	Natural Resources
		103,450,000
	
2.6	Pollution Control Agency
		7,550,000
	
2.7	Board of Water and Soil Resources
		22,614,000
	
2.8	Zoological Garden
		4,000,000
	
2.9	Administration
		10,980,000
	
2.10	Office of Enterprise Technology
		5,659,000
	
2.11	Military Affairs
		5,605,000
	
2.12	Public Safety
		8,700,000
	
2.13	Transportation
		55,900,000
	
2.14	Metropolitan Council
		25,000,000
	
2.15	Human Services
		13,900,000
	
2.16	Veterans Affairs
		2,300,000
	
2.17	Corrections
		19,000,000
	
2.18	Employment and Economic Development
		25,450,000
	
2.19	Public Facilities Authority
		20,000,000
	
2.20	Minnesota Historical Society
		1,900,000
	
2.21	Bond Sale Expenses
		553,000
	
2.22	Cancellations/Reductions
		(23,700,000)
	
2.23	TOTAL
	$
	531,440,000
	
2.24	Bond Proceeds Fund (General Fund Debt Service)
		478,278,000
	
2.25	Bond Proceeds Fund (User Financed Debt Service)
		33,862,000
	
2.26	State Transportation Fund
		43,000,000
	
2.27	Cancellations/Reductions
		(23,700,000)

2.28						APPROPRIATIONS

2.29	Sec. 2. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

2.30	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	88,833,000
	
2.31 	To the Board of Regents of the University 
2.32 	of Minnesota for the purposes specified in 
2.33 	this section.

2.34
2.35	Subd. 2.Higher Education Asset Preservation 
and Replacement (HEAPR)
 				25,000,000
	
2.36 	To be spent in accordance with Minnesota 
2.37 	Statutes, section 135A.046.

2.38	Subd. 3.Twin Cities Campus

3.1	(a) Physics and Nanotechnology
				51,333,000
	
3.2 	To construct, furnish, and equip a new 
3.3 	physics and nanotechnology building on 
3.4 	the Twin Cities campus. The facility will 
3.5 	include research laboratories, offices, a clean 
3.6 	room supporting nanotechnology, faculty 
3.7 	and student meeting space, infrastructure, 
3.8 	and support spaces.

3.93.10
	(b) Central Corridor Transit Way Laboratory 
Mitigation
				12,500,000
	
3.11 	To design, construct, furnish, and equip 
3.12 	the relocated biomedical nuclear magnetic 
3.13 	resonance imaging facility and to mitigate 
3.14 	impacts on other research laboratories 
3.15 	associated with the construction of the 
3.16 	Central Corridor light rail transit (CCLRT) 
3.17 	line, the costs of which are not covered by 
3.18 	the CCLRT project budget.

3.19	Subd. 4.University Share
 					
3.20 	The appropriation for Higher Education 
3.21 	Asset Preservation and Replacement 
3.22 	(HEAPR) under subdivision 2 is intended 
3.23 	to cover the entire cost of that project. 
3.24 	The appropriation for the physics and 
3.25 	nanotechnology building on the Twin Cities 
3.26 	campus under subdivision 3, paragraph (a), is 
3.27 	intended to cover approximately two-thirds 
3.28 	of the cost, and the appropriation for Central 
3.29 	Corridor transit way laboratory mitigation 
3.30 	under subdivision 3, paragraph (b), is 
3.31 	intended to cover approximately one-half 
3.32 	of the cost. The remaining costs for those 
3.33 	two projects must be paid from university 
3.34 	sources.

4.1	Subd. 5.Unspent Appropriations
 					
4.2 	Upon substantial completion of a project 
4.3 	authorized in this section and after written 
4.4 	notice to the commissioner of management 
4.5 	and budget, the Board of Regents must use 
4.6 	any money remaining in the appropriation 
4.7 	for that project for Higher Education Asset 
4.8 	Preservation and Replacement (HEAPR) 
4.9 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 135A.046. 
4.10 	The Board of Regents must report by 
4.11 	February 1 of each even-numbered year to 
4.12 	the chairs of the house of representatives 
4.13 	and senate committees with jurisdiction over 
4.14 	capital investment and higher education 
4.15 	finance, and to the chairs of the house of 
4.16 	representatives Ways and Means Committee 
4.17 	and the senate Finance Committee, on how 
4.18 	the remaining money has been allocated or 
4.19 	spent.

4.20
4.21	Sec. 3. MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES 
AND UNIVERSITIES

4.22	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	131,586,000
	
4.23 	To the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota 
4.24 	State Colleges and Universities for the 
4.25 	purposes specified in this section.

4.26
4.27	Subd. 2.Higher Education Asset Preservation 
and Replacement
 				30,000,000
	
4.28 	For the purposes specified in Minnesota 
4.29 	Statutes, section 135A.046, including safety 
4.30 	and statutory compliance, building envelope 
4.31 	integrity, mechanical systems, and space 
4.32 	restoration.

4.33
4.34	Subd. 3.Anoka-Ramsey Community College, 
Coon Rapids

5.1	Fine Arts Building Renovation
				5,357,000
	
5.2 	To complete design and to renovate, furnish, 
5.3 	and equip the Fine Arts classroom and lab 
5.4 	building.

5.5
5.6	Subd. 4.Hennepin Technical College, Brooklyn 
Park and Eden Prairie

5.7
5.8	Learning Resource and Student Services 
Renovation
				10,566,000
	
5.9 	To renovate, furnish, and equip existing 
5.10 	space at the Brooklyn Park and Eden 
5.11 	Prairie campuses for a Library and Learning 
5.12 	Resource Center and student services with an 
5.13 	addition and new entrances at both campuses.

5.14	Subd. 5.Metropolitan State University

5.15	Science Education Center
				3,444,000
	
5.16 	To design and acquire land for a Science 
5.17 	Education Center.

5.18	Subd. 6.Minnesota State University, Moorhead

5.19
5.20	Livingston Lord Library and Information 
Technology Renovation
				14,901,000
	
5.21 	To complete design and to renovate, furnish, 
5.22 	and equip Livingston Lord Library.

5.23	Subd. 7.Normandale Community College

5.24
5.25	Academic Partnership Center and Student 
Services
				21,984,000
	
5.26 	To design, construct, furnish, and equip a 
5.27 	new building for classrooms and offices and 
5.28 	to design, construct, furnish, and equip the 
5.29 	renovation of the Student Services Building.

5.30
5.31	Subd. 8.NHED Mesabi Range Community 
and Technical College, Virginia

5.32	Iron Range Engineering Program Facilities
				3,000,000
	
6.1 	To predesign, design, construct, furnish, 
6.2 	and equip an addition to and renovation of 
6.3 	existing space for the Iron Range engineering 
6.4 	program, including laboratory spaces, other 
6.5 	learning spaces, and improvements to the 
6.6 	entrance, and to acquire a privately owned 
6.7 	housing facility on the campus.

6.8	Subd. 9.St. Cloud State University

6.96.10
	Integrated Science and Engineering 
Laboratory Facility
				42,334,000
	
6.11 	To complete design of and to construct, 
6.12 	furnish, and equip an Integrated Science 
6.13 	and Engineering Laboratory Facility on the 
6.14 	campus of St. Cloud State University.

6.15	Subd. 10.Debt Service
 					
6.16 	(a) The board shall pay the debt service on 
6.17 	one-third of the principal amount of state 
6.18 	bonds sold to finance projects authorized by 
6.19 	this section, except for Higher Education 
6.20 	Asset Preservation and Replacement 
6.21 	(HEAPR), under subdivision 2. After 
6.22 	each sale of general obligation bonds, the 
6.23 	commissioner of management and budget 
6.24 	shall notify the board of the amounts assessed 
6.25 	for each year for the life of the bonds.
6.26 	(b) The commissioner of management and 
6.27 	budget shall reduce the board's assessment 
6.28 	each year by one-third of the net income 
6.29 	from investment of general obligation bond 
6.30 	proceeds in proportion to the amount of 
6.31 	principal and interest otherwise required to 
6.32 	be paid by the board. The board shall pay its 
6.33 	resulting net assessment to the commissioner 
6.34 	of management and budget by December 
6.35 	1 each year. If the board fails to make 
7.1 	a payment when due, the commissioner 
7.2 	of management and budget shall reduce 
7.3 	allotments for appropriations from the 
7.4 	general fund otherwise available to the board 
7.5 	and apply the amount of the reduction to 
7.6 	cover the missed debt service payment. The 
7.7 	commissioner of management and budget 
7.8 	shall credit the payments received from the 
7.9 	board to the bond debt service account in 
7.10 	the state bond fund each December 1 before 
7.11 	money is transferred from the general fund 
7.12 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641, 
7.13 	subdivision 10.

7.14	Subd. 11.Unspent Appropriations
 					
7.15 	(a) Upon substantial completion of a project 
7.16 	authorized in this section and after written 
7.17 	notice to the commissioner of management 
7.18 	and budget, the board must use any money 
7.19 	remaining in the appropriation for that project 
7.20 	for Higher Education Asset Preservation and 
7.21 	Replacement (HEAPR) under Minnesota 
7.22 	Statutes, section 135A.046. The Board 
7.23 	of Trustees must report by February 1 of 
7.24 	each even-numbered year to the chairs of 
7.25 	the house of representatives and senate 
7.26 	committees with jurisdiction over capital 
7.27 	investment and higher education finance and 
7.28 	to the chairs of the house of representatives 
7.29 	Ways and Means Committee and the senate 
7.30 	Finance Committee, on how the remaining 
7.31 	money has been allocated or spent.
7.32 	(b) The unspent portion of an appropriation 
7.33 	for a project in this section that is complete is 
7.34 	available for HEAPR under this subdivision, 
7.35 	at the same campus as the project for which 
8.1 	the original appropriation was made and the 
8.2 	debt service requirement under subdivision 
8.3 	10 is reduced accordingly. Minnesota 
8.4 	Statutes, section 16A.642, applies from the 
8.5 	date of the original appropriation to the 
8.6 	unspent amount transferred.

8.7	Sec. 4. MINNESOTA STATE ACADEMIES
 			$
	2,160,000

8.8	Asset Preservation
					
8.9 	To the commissioner of administration for 
8.10 	asset preservation on both campuses of the 
8.11 	academies to be spent in accordance with 
8.12 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307.

8.13	Sec. 5. NATURAL RESOURCES

8.14	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	103,450,000
	
8.15 	To the commissioner of natural resources for 
8.16 	the purposes specified in this section.
8.17 	The appropriations in this section are 
8.18 	subject to the requirements of the natural 
8.19 	resources capital improvement program 
8.20 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.12, 
8.21 	unless this section or the statutes referred 
8.22 	to in this section provide more specific 
8.23 	standards, criteria, or priorities for projects 
8.24 	than Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.12.

8.25	Subd. 2.Natural Resources Asset Preservation
 				17,000,000
	
8.26 	For the renovation of state-owned facilities 
8.27 	and recreational assets operated by the 
8.28 	commissioner of natural resources to 
8.29 	be spent in accordance with Minnesota 
8.30 	Statutes, section 84.946. This appropriation 
8.31 	includes money for emergency repair 
8.32 	and rehabilitation of an elevator shaft in 
8.33 	the Soudan Underground Mine and for 
9.1 	renovation and rehabilitation of Saint Croix 
9.2 	State Park.

9.3	Subd. 3.Flood Hazard Mitigation Grants 
 				50,000,000
	
9.4 	(a) For the state share of flood hazard 
9.5 	mitigation grants for publicly owned capital 
9.6 	improvements to prevent or alleviate flood 
9.7 	damage under Minnesota Statutes, section 
9.8 	103F.161. Levee projects, to the extent 
9.9 	practical, shall meet the state standard of 
9.10 	three feet above the 100-year flood elevation.
9.11 	(b) Project priorities shall be determined by 
9.12 	the commissioner as appropriate, based on 
9.13 	need.
9.14 	(c) This appropriation includes money for the 
9.15 	following county and municipal projects as 
9.16 	prioritized by the commissioner: Ada, Afton, 
9.17 	Albert Lea, Austin, Borup, Breckenridge, 
9.18 	Clay County, Climax, Crookston, Delano, 
9.19 	Felton, Garfield, Granite Falls, Halstad, 
9.20 	Hendrum, Inver Grove Heights, Montevideo, 
9.21 	Moorhead, Newport, Nielsville, Oakport 
9.22 	Township, Oslo, Perley, Redwood Falls, 
9.23 	Rushford, St. Paul, Shelly, and South St. 
9.24 	Paul.
9.25 	(d) This appropriation includes money 
9.26 	for the following projects: Area II 
9.27 	Minnesota River Basin; Brandt-Angus, 
9.28 	Middle-Snake-Tamarac Rivers Watershed 
9.29 	District; Buffalo-Red Watershed District; 
9.30 	Cedar River Watershed District; Climax 
9.31 	and Nielsville, Sand Hill River Watershed 
9.32 	District; Grand Marais, Red Lake Watershed 
9.33 	District; Hay Creek-Norland, Roseau 
9.34 	Watershed District; Manston Slough; North 
9.35 	Ottawa, Bois de Sioux Watershed District; 
10.1 	Red Path, Bois de Sioux Watershed District; 
10.2 	Shell Rock River Watershed District; Shelly 
10.3 	and Felton, Wild Rice Watershed District; 
10.4 	Springbrook, Two Rivers Watershed District; 
10.5 	and Turtle Creek Watershed District. 
10.6 	(e) This appropriation includes money for 
10.7 	the following Wild Rice Watershed District 
10.8 	projects: 
10.9 	(1) for property acquisitions originally 
10.10 	approved by the Federal Emergency 
10.11 	Management Agency for acquisition cost 
10.12 	share and then later denied; and 
10.13 	(2) for river stability acquisitions.
10.14 	(f) The appropriation for a project funded 
10.15 	under paragraph (e), clause (1), is eligible 
10.16 	for up to 100 percent state flood hazard 
10.17 	mitigation funding for the acquisition and 
10.18 	disposal of flood-damaged property.
10.19 	(g) The match required for a project funded 
10.20 	under paragraph (e), clause (2), is an amount 
10.21 	equal to 50 percent.
10.22 	(h) $3,000,000 of this appropriation is for the 
10.23 	project in the city of Georgetown.
10.24 	(i) Up to $16,500,000 of this appropriation is 
10.25 	for the project in the city of Moorhead.
10.26 	(j) This appropriation includes money for 
10.27 	property acquisitions in Clay County with 
10.28 	the local share not to exceed $1,000,000.
10.29 	(k) Up to $6,000,000 of this appropriation is 
10.30 	for the project in the city of Roseau.
10.31 	(l) $1,000,000 of this appropriation is for the 
10.32 	project in the city of New Ulm.
11.1 	(m) For any project listed in this section 
11.2 	that the commissioner determines is not 
11.3 	ready to proceed or does not expend all the 
11.4 	money allocated to it, the commissioner may 
11.5 	allocate that project's money to a project on 
11.6 	the commissioner's priority list. 
11.7 	(n) To the extent that the cost of a project 
11.8 	exceeds two percent of the median household 
11.9 	income in the municipality multiplied by the 
11.10 	number of households in the municipality, 
11.11 	this appropriation is also for the local share 
11.12 	of the project.

11.13	Subd. 4.Roads and Bridges
 				4,800,000
	
11.14 	For design, reconstruction, resurfacing, 
11.15 	replacement, and construction of state roads 
11.16 	and bridges in forests, parks, trails, and 
11.17 	wildlife management areas.

11.18
11.19	Subd. 5.Lake Vermilion State Park 
Development
 				8,000,000
	
11.20 	For predesign, design, and construction of 
11.21 	infrastructure at Lake Vermilion State Park.

11.22
11.23	Subd. 6.Groundwater Monitoring and 
Observation Wells
 				600,000
	
11.24 	To install new groundwater level observation 
11.25 	wells statewide to monitor and assess 
11.26 	groundwater for water supply planning. 
11.27 	This appropriation may also be used to seal 
11.28 	existing obsolete monitoring wells that are 
11.29 	no longer functional.

11.30	Subd. 7.Coon Rapids Dam Renovation
 				16,000,000
	
11.31 	To predesign, design, and construct the 
11.32 	renovation of the Coon Rapids Dam to 
11.33 	serve as a barrier to invasive fish. The 
11.34 	commissioner may use a design-build 
12.1 	method of project delivery. There is no local 
12.2 	cost share.

12.3
12.4	Subd. 8.State Trail Acquisition and 
Development
 				5,800,000
	
12.5 	To acquire land for and to construct and 
12.6 	renovate state trails under Minnesota 
12.7 	Statutes, section 85.015.

12.8
12.9	Subd. 9.Lake Superior Campground 
Expansion
 				1,250,000
	
12.10 	For a grant to the city of Two Harbors to 
12.11 	design and construct an expansion of the 
12.12 	Burlington Bay Campground.

12.13	Subd. 10.Unspent Appropriations
 					
12.14 	The unspent portion of an appropriation, but 
12.15 	not to exceed ten percent of the appropriation, 
12.16 	for a project in this section that is complete, 
12.17 	other than an appropriation for flood hazard 
12.18 	mitigation, is available for asset preservation 
12.19 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.946. 
12.20 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, applies 
12.21 	from the date of the original appropriation 
12.22 	to the unspent amount transferred for asset 
12.23 	preservation.

12.24	Sec. 6. POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY

12.25	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	7,550,000
	
12.26 	To the Pollution Control Agency for the 
12.27 	purposes specified in this section.

12.28	Subd. 2.Closed Landfill Cleanup
 				7,000,000
	
12.29 	To the Pollution Control Agency to design 
12.30 	and construct remedial systems and acquire 
12.31 	land at landfills throughout the state in 
12.32 	accordance with the closed landfill program 
12.33 	under Minnesota Statutes, sections 115B.39 
12.34 	to 115B.42.

13.1	Subd. 3.Capital Assistance Program
 				550,000
	
13.2 	For a grant to the Pope/Douglas Solid Waste 
13.3 	Joint Powers Board to improve access to 
13.4 	and to design, construct, furnish, and equip 
13.5 	an expansion of the Pope/Douglas materials 
13.6 	recovery facility located in Alexandria 
13.7 	under the solid waste capital assistance 
13.8 	grants program, Minnesota Statutes, section 
13.9 	115A.54. Notwithstanding Minnesota 
13.10 	Statutes, section 115A.54, a nonstate 
13.11 	contribution is not required.

13.12
13.13	Sec. 7. BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL 
RESOURCES

13.14	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	22,614,000
	
13.15 	To the Board of Water and Soil Resources 
13.16 	for the purposes specified in this section.

13.17	Subd. 2.RIM Conservation Reserve
 				20,000,000
	
13.18 	(a) To acquire conservation easements from 
13.19 	landowners to preserve, restore, create, 
13.20 	and enhance wetlands; restore and enhance 
13.21 	rivers and streams, riparian lands, and 
13.22 	associated uplands in order to protect soil 
13.23 	and water quality; support fish and wildlife 
13.24 	habitat; reduce flood damage; and provide 
13.25 	other public benefits. The provisions of 
13.26 	Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.515, apply 
13.27 	to this appropriation, except that the board 
13.28 	may establish alternative payment rates for 
13.29 	easements and practices to establish restored 
13.30 	native prairies, as defined in Minnesota 
13.31 	Statutes, section 84.02, subdivision 7, and 
13.32 	to protect uplands. Of this appropriation, up 
13.33 	to ten percent may be used to implement the 
13.34 	program.
14.1 	(b) The board is authorized to enter into 
14.2 	new agreements and amend past agreements 
14.3 	with landowners as required by Minnesota 
14.4 	Statutes, section 103F.515, subdivision 
14.5 	5, to allow for restoration, including 
14.6 	overseeding and harvesting of native prairie 
14.7 	vegetation for use for energy production in 
14.8 	a manner that does not devalue the natural 
14.9 	habitat, water quality benefits, or carbon 
14.10 	sequestration functions of the area enrolled 
14.11 	in the easement. This shall occur after seed 
14.12 	production and minimize impacts on wildlife. 
14.13 	Of this appropriation, up to five percent 
14.14 	may be used for restoration, including 
14.15 	overseeding. The board must submit to the 
14.16 	legislative committees with jurisdiction over 
14.17 	environment finance and capital investment 
14.18 	an interim report on this program by October 
14.19 	1, 2011, and a final report by February 1, 
14.20 	2012.

14.21	Subd. 3.Area II Minnesota River Basin
 				1,000,000
	
14.22 	For grants to local governments in Area II 
14.23 	of the Minnesota River Basin to acquire, 
14.24 	design, and construct floodwater retention 
14.25 	systems. A grant for a project is not available 
14.26 	until the board determines that at least $1 has 
14.27 	been committed to the project from nonstate 
14.28 	sources for every $3 of state grant.

14.29	Subd. 4.Grass Lake
 				1,614,000
	
14.30 	To acquire conservation easements, reroute 
14.31 	County Ditch 23A, construct water control 
14.32 	structures, and plant vegetation in order to 
14.33 	restore the Grass Lake prairie wetland basin 
14.34 	adjacent to the city of Willmar in Kandiyohi 
14.35 	County.

15.1
15.2	Sec. 8. MINNESOTA ZOOLOGICAL 
GARDEN
 			$
	4,000,000

15.3	Asset Preservation and Improvement
					
15.4 	To the Minnesota Zoological Garden 
15.5 	to design and construct capital asset 
15.6 	preservation improvements and betterments 
15.7 	to infrastructure and exhibits at the Minnesota 
15.8 	Zoo in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, 
15.9 	section 16B.307.

15.10	Sec. 9. ADMINISTRATION

15.11	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	10,980,000
	
15.12 	To the commissioner of administration for 
15.13 	the purposes specified in this section.

15.14
15.15	Subd. 2.Capital Asset Preservation and 
Replacement Account (CAPRA)
 				2,830,000
	
15.16 	To be spent in accordance with Minnesota 
15.17 	Statutes, section 16A.632.

15.18	Subd. 3.Asset Preservation
 				8,150,000
	
15.19 	For asset preservation predesign and design 
15.20 	and projects on properties managed by 
15.21 	the commissioner. Of this amount, up to 
15.22 	$4,000,000 is for asset preservation of the 
15.23 	State Capitol Building.
15.24 	This appropriation must be spent in 
15.25 	accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 
15.26 	16B.307.

15.27	Sec. 10. ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY
 			$
	5,659,000
	
15.28 	To the commissioner of administration 
15.29 	to predesign, design, construct, renovate, 
15.30 	furnish, and equip certain existing state data 
15.31 	center facilities and decommission certain 
15.32 	other existing state data center facilities.

16.1	Sec. 11. MILITARY AFFAIRS

16.2	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	5,605,000
	
16.3 	To the adjutant general for the purposes 
16.4 	specified in this section.

16.5	Subd. 2.Asset Preservation
 				3,775,000
	
16.6 	For asset preservation improvements and 
16.7 	betterments of a capital nature at military 
16.8 	affairs facilities statewide to be spent in 
16.9 	accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 
16.10 	16B.307.

16.11
16.12	Subd. 3.Camp Ripley State Education 
Complex
 				1,830,000
	
16.13 	To predesign and design a state education 
16.14 	complex addition to the existing Camp 
16.15 	Ripley education center.

16.16	Sec. 12. PUBLIC SAFETY

16.17	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	8,700,000
	
16.18 	To the commissioner of public safety for the 
16.19 	purposes specified in this section.

16.20
16.21	Subd. 2.Hennepin County Regional 
Communications Center
 				4,700,000
	
16.22 	For a grant to Hennepin County to predesign, 
16.23 	design, construct, furnish, and equip a 
16.24 	regional 911 emergency communications 
16.25 	center in Hennepin County.

16.26
16.27	Subd. 3.East Metro Fire Safety Training 
Center
 				3,000,000
	
16.28 	For a grant to the city of Maplewood 
16.29 	to acquire land, prepare a site including 
16.30 	environmental work, predesign, design, and 
16.31 	construct the East Metro Regional Public 
16.32 	Safety Training Facility in Ramsey County, 
16.33 	within the city of Maplewood.

17.1
17.2	Subd. 4.Regional Public Safety Training 
Center; Scott County
 				1,000,000
	
17.3 	Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, for 
17.4 	a grant to Scott County to design, construct, 
17.5 	furnish, and equip an expansion of the 
17.6 	regional public safety training center in Scott 
17.7 	County.
17.8 	The appropriation is in addition to the 
17.9 	appropriations in Laws 2006, chapter 258, 
17.10 	section 15, and Laws 2008, section 15, 
17.11 	subdivision 7, and is not available until 
17.12 	the commissioner determines that an equal 
17.13 	amount has been committed to the project 
17.14 	from nonstate sources. Amounts committed 
17.15 	to this project from nonstate sources since 
17.16 	June 2, 2006, may be counted for the nonstate 
17.17 	match.

17.18	Sec. 13. TRANSPORTATION

17.19	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	55,900,000
	
17.20 	To the commissioner of transportation for the 
17.21 	purposes specified in this section.

17.22
17.23	Subd. 2.Local Bridge Replacement and 
Rehabilitation
 				33,000,000
	
17.24 	From the bond proceeds account in the state 
17.25 	transportation fund to match federal money 
17.26 	and replace or rehabilitate local deficient 
17.27 	bridges as provided in Minnesota Statutes, 
17.28 	section 174.50. To the extent practicable, 
17.29 	the commissioner shall expend the funds as 
17.30 	provided under Minnesota Statutes, section 
17.31 	174.50, subdivisions 6c and 7, paragraph 
17.32 	(c). Political subdivisions may use grants 
17.33 	made under this subdivision to construct or 
18.1 	reconstruct bridges, including but not limited 
18.2 	to:
18.3 	(1) matching federal aid grants to construct 
18.4 	or reconstruct key bridges;
18.5 	(2) paying the costs of preliminary 
18.6 	engineering and environmental studies 
18.7 	authorized under Minnesota Statutes, section 
18.8 	174.50, subdivision 6a;
18.9 	(3) paying the costs to abandon an existing 
18.10 	bridge that is deficient and in need of 
18.11 	replacement, but where no replacement will 
18.12 	be made; and
18.13 	(4) paying the costs to construct a road 
18.14 	or street to facilitate the abandonment 
18.15 	of an existing bridge determined by 
18.16 	the commissioner to be deficient, if the 
18.17 	commissioner determines that construction 
18.18 	of the road or street is more economical than 
18.19 	replacement of the existing bridge.

18.20
18.21	Subd. 3.Local Road Improvement Fund 
Grants
 				10,000,000
	
18.22 	From the bond proceeds account in the state 
18.23 	transportation fund as provided in Minnesota 
18.24 	Statutes, section 174.50, for construction and 
18.25 	reconstruction of local roads with statewide 
18.26 	or regional significance under Minnesota 
18.27 	Statutes, section 174.52, subdivision 4, or for 
18.28 	grants to counties to assist in paying the costs 
18.29 	of rural road safety capital improvement 
18.30 	projects on county state-aid highways 
18.31 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 174.52, 
18.32 	subdivision 4a.

18.33
18.34	Subd. 4.Railroad Warning Devices 
Replacement
 				3,000,000
	
19.1 	To design, construct, and equip the 
19.2 	replacement of statewide active highway 
19.3 	railroad grade crossing warning safety 
19.4 	devices.

19.5	Subd. 5.Greater Minnesota Transit
 				2,500,000
	
19.6 	For capital assistance for publicly owned 
19.7 	greater Minnesota transit systems to be used 
19.8 	for transit capital facilities under Minnesota 
19.9 	Statutes, section 174.24, subdivision 3c. 
19.10 	Money from this appropriation may be used 
19.11 	to pay up to 80 percent of the nonfederal 
19.12 	share of these facilities.

19.13	Subd. 6.Port Development Assistance
 				3,000,000
	
19.14 	For grants under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
19.15 	457A. Any improvements made with the 
19.16 	proceeds of these grants must be publicly 
19.17 	owned.

19.18	Subd. 7.Airport Infrastructure
 				3,700,000
	
19.19 	For capital assistance grants under Minnesota 
19.20 	Statutes, section 360.305, to rehabilitate and 
19.21 	modernize deteriorated runway pavement at 
19.22 	publicly owned airports.
19.23 	For any airport project where only state and 
19.24 	local money is to be used, money from this 
19.25 	appropriation may be used to pay the local 
19.26 	contribution required by Minnesota Statutes, 
19.27 	section 360.305, subdivision 4, in addition to 
19.28 	the other project costs.
19.29 	For any airport project where federal, state, 
19.30 	and local money is to be used, money from 
19.31 	this appropriation shall be used only to pay 
19.32 	the local contribution required by Minnesota 
19.33 	Statutes, section 360.305, subdivision 4.

20.1
20.2	Subd. 8.Rail Service Improvement - St. Louis 
Park Noise Barrier
 				700,000
	
20.3 	For a grant to the city of St. Louis Park to 
20.4 	predesign, design, construct, and install noise 
20.5 	mitigation barriers associated with route 
20.6 	changes for freight rail.

20.7	Sec. 14. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL

20.8	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	25,000,000
	
20.9 	To the Metropolitan Council for the purposes 
20.10 	specified in this section.

20.11
20.12	Subd. 2.Transit Capital Improvement 
Program
 				20,000,000
	
20.13 	To the Metropolitan Council or for the 
20.14 	Council to grant to Anoka County Regional 
20.15 	Railroad Authority, Dakota County, Dakota 
20.16 	County Regional Railroad Authority, 
20.17 	Hennepin County, Hennepin County 
20.18 	Regional Railroad Authority, Ramsey 
20.19 	County Regional Railroad Authority, or 
20.20 	Washington County Regional Railroad 
20.21 	Authority to perform environmental studies, 
20.22 	preliminary engineering, acquire property or 
20.23 	an interest in property, design or construct 
20.24 	transitway facilities and infrastructure, 
20.25 	including roadways, for the following 
20.26 	transitway projects: Northstar Ramsey 
20.27 	station, Gateway (I-94 East) corridor, 
20.28 	Minneapolis Interchange facility, Red Rock 
20.29 	corridor, Newport park-and-ride and station, 
20.30 	Rush Line corridor, Robert Street corridor, 
20.31 	35W South Bus Rapid Transit, and Cedar 
20.32 	Avenue Bus Rapid Transit.

20.33
20.34	Subd. 3.Metropolitan Regional Parks and 
Trails Capital Improvements
 				5,000,000
	
21.1 	For the cost of improvements and betterments 
21.2 	of a capital nature and acquisition by the 
21.3 	council and local government units of 
21.4 	regional recreational open-space lands in 
21.5 	accordance with the council's policy plan 
21.6 	as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 
21.7 	473.147. Priority must be given to park 
21.8 	rehabilitation and land acquisition projects. 
21.9 	This appropriation must not be used to 
21.10 	purchase easements.

21.11	Sec. 15. HUMAN SERVICES

21.12	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	13,900,000
	
21.13 	To the commissioner of administration, or 
21.14 	another named agency, for the purposes 
21.15 	specified in this section.

21.16	Subd. 2.Asset Preservation
 				4,700,000
	
21.17 	For asset preservation improvements and 
21.18 	betterments of a capital nature at Department 
21.19 	of Human Services facilities statewide, to be 
21.20 	spent in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, 
21.21 	section 16B.307.

21.22
21.23	Subd. 3.Early Childhood Learning and Child 
Protection Facilities
 				1,900,000
	
21.24 	For grants to construct and renovate facilities 
21.25 	for programs under Minnesota Statutes, 
21.26 	section 256E.37.

21.27
21.28	Subd. 4.Minnesota Sex Offender Program 
Treatment Facilities - St. Peter
 				7,000,000
	
21.29 	To design, renovate, furnish, and equip the 
21.30 	Shantz Building on the St. Peter campus to 
21.31 	include security systems, windows and doors, 
21.32 	mechanical and electrical systems, HVAC 
21.33 	systems, building lighting, fire/life safety 
21.34 	systems, hazardous materials abatement, 
22.1 	code and licensure requirements, and other 
22.2 	upgrades as required.

22.3	Subd. 5.Remembering with Dignity
 				300,000
	
22.4 	For grave markers or memorial monuments 
22.5 	for unmarked graves on public land of 
22.6 	deceased residents of state hospitals or 
22.7 	regional treatment centers.

22.8	Sec. 16. VETERANS AFFAIRS
 			$
	2,300,000

22.9	Asset Preservation
					
22.10 	To the commissioner of administration 
22.11 	for asset preservation improvements and 
22.12 	betterments of a capital nature at veterans 
22.13 	homes statewide, to be spent in accordance 
22.14 	with Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307.
22.15 	If all or part of the sewer line and related 
22.16 	improvements serving the veterans home 
22.17 	in Hastings is sold or transferred to the 
22.18 	city of Hastings, up to $720,000 of this 
22.19 	appropriation may be granted to the city of 
22.20 	Hastings for repair and replacement of the 
22.21 	lines and related improvements.
22.22 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
22.23 	sections 16B.281 to 16B.287 or section 
22.24 	16C.23, or any other law, administrative 
22.25 	rule, or commissioner's order to the contrary, 
22.26 	the commissioner of administration, upon 
22.27 	the recommendation of the commissioner 
22.28 	of veterans affairs, may convey to the city 
22.29 	of Hastings for no consideration all or part 
22.30 	of the sewer line and related improvements 
22.31 	serving the veterans home in Hastings. The 
22.32 	conveyance shall be in a form approved by 
22.33 	the attorney general and otherwise subject to 
22.34 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695.

23.1	Sec. 17. CORRECTIONS
 			$
	19,000,000
	
23.2 	Asset Preservation
23.3 	To the commissioner of administration for 
23.4 	improvements and betterments of a capital 
23.5 	nature at Minnesota correctional facilities 
23.6 	statewide, in accordance with Minnesota 
23.7 	Statutes, section 16B.307.

23.8
23.9	Sec. 18. EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC 
DEVELOPMENT

23.10	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	25,450,000
	
23.11 	To the commissioner of employment and 
23.12 	economic development for the purposes 
23.13 	specified in this section.

23.14
23.15
23.16	Subd. 2.Greater Minnesota Business 
Development Public Infrastructure Grant 
Program
 				4,000,000
	
23.17 	For grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 
23.18 	116J.431.
23.19 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
23.20 	116J.431, the city of Thief River Falls is not 
23.21 	required to provide a match.

23.22
23.23	Subd. 3.Innovative Business Development 
Public Infrastructure Grant Program
 				5,000,000
	
23.24 	For grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 
23.25 	116J.435.

23.26	Subd. 4.Bloomington - Lindau Lane Corridor
 				15,450,000
	
23.27 	For a grant to the city of Bloomington 
23.28 	to complete streets and make safety 
23.29 	improvements within the Lindau Lane 
23.30 	corridor, including a safety improvement to 
23.31 	the access from Trunk Highway 77 to Lindau 
23.32 	Lane, grade separation on Lindau Lane at 
23.33 	21st Avenue, extending Lindau Lane from 
23.34 	24th Avenue to 30th Avenue, completion of 
24.1 	30th Avenue from American Boulevard to 
24.2 	East Old Shakopee Road, and Lindau Lane 
24.3 	pedestrian and bike improvements from 30th 
24.4 	Avenue to 31st Avenue.
24.5 	This appropriation is not available until the 
24.6 	commissioner determines that a match of at 
24.7 	least 2:1 (nonstate:state) has been committed 
24.8 	to the project from nonstate sources.

24.924.10
24.11
	Subd. 5.Hennepin County - Minnesota African 
American History Museum and Cultural 
Center
 				1,000,000
	
24.12 	For a grant to Hennepin County to predesign, 
24.13 	design, construct, furnish, and equip the 
24.14 	renovation of an historic mansion for 
24.15 	the Minnesota African American History 
24.16 	Museum and Cultural Center in Minneapolis.
24.17 	This appropriation is not available until the 
24.18 	commissioner has determined that at least 
24.19 	an equal amount has been committed to the 
24.20 	project from nonstate sources.

24.21	Sec. 19. PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY
 			$
	20,000,000

24.22	Wastewater Infrastructure Funding Program
					
24.23 	To the Public Facilities Authority for 
24.24 	grants to eligible municipalities under the 
24.25 	wastewater infrastructure funding program 
24.26 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.072.
24.27 	Up to $1,000,000 of this appropriation is for 
24.28 	a grant to the city of Albert Lea to design, 
24.29 	construct, and equip water and sewer utilities 
24.30 	in the area of Broadway Avenue and Main 
24.31 	Street. This project may include demolition 
24.32 	of deteriorating concrete curbs, gutters, 
24.33 	sidewalks, and streets above the utilities, 
25.1 	and the construction costs to replace and 
25.2 	rehabilitate the infrastructure.

25.3
25.4	Sec. 20. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL 
SOCIETY

25.5	Asset Preservation
			$
	1,900,000
	
25.6 	To the Minnesota Historical Society for 
25.7 	capital improvements and betterments at 
25.8 	state historic sites, buildings, landscaping 
25.9 	at historic buildings, exhibits, markers, and 
25.10 	monuments, to be spent in accordance with 
25.11 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307. The 
25.12 	society shall determine project priorities as 
25.13 	appropriate based on need.

25.14	Sec. 21. BOND SALE EXPENSES
 			$
	553,000
	
25.15 	To the commissioner of management 
25.16 	and budget for bond sale expenses under 
25.17 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641, 
25.18 	subdivision 8.

25.19 	Sec. 22. BOND SALE SCHEDULE.
 25.20 	The commissioner of management and budget shall schedule the sale of state 
25.21 	general obligation bonds so that, during the biennium ending June 30, 2013, no more 
25.22 	than $1,200,858,000 will need to be transferred from the general fund to the state bond 
25.23 	fund to pay principal and interest due and to become due on outstanding state general 
25.24 	obligation bonds. During the biennium, before each sale of state general obligation bonds, 
25.25 	the commissioner of management and budget shall calculate the amount of debt service 
25.26 	payments needed on bonds previously issued and shall estimate the amount of debt service 
25.27 	payments that will be needed on the bonds scheduled to be sold. The commissioner shall 
25.28 	adjust the amount of bonds scheduled to be sold so as to remain within the limit set by this 
25.29 	section. The amount needed to make the debt service payments is appropriated from the 
25.30 	general fund as provided in Minnesota  Statutes, section 16A.641.

25.31 	Sec. 23. BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.
 26.1 		Subdivision 1.Bond proceeds fund. To provide the money appropriated in this act 
26.2 	from the bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and 
26.3 	issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $512,140,000 in the manner, upon the terms, 
26.4 	and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and 
26.5 	by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
26.6 		Subd. 2.Transportation fund bond proceeds account. To provide the 
26.7 	money appropriated in this act from the state transportation fund, the commissioner 
26.8 	of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to 
26.9 	$43,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota 
26.10 	Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, 
26.11 	sections 4 to 7. The proceeds of the bonds, except accrued interest and any premium 
26.12 	received on the sale of the bonds, must be credited to a bond proceeds account in the 
26.13 	state transportation fund.

26.14 	Sec. 24. BOND SALE AUTHORIZATIONS REDUCED; CANCELLATION.
 26.15 	(a) $22,000,000 appropriated in Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 23, 
26.16 	subdivision 16, as amended by Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 58, and Laws 2009, 
26.17 	chapter 93, article 1, section 30, for a new Minnesota Planetarium in Minneapolis, is 
26.18 	canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 28, 
26.19 	subdivision 1, is reduced by $22,000,000.
26.20 	(b) The bond sale authorization in Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 27, subdivision 
26.21 	1, is reduced by $3,500,000.
26.22 	(c) The bond sale authorization in Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 26, subdivision 
26.23 	1, is reduced by $353,880,000.
26.24 	(d) The bond sale authorization in Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 26, subdivision 
26.25 	2, is reduced by $5,780,000.
26.26 	(e) The bond sale authorization in Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 26, subdivision 
26.27 	4, is reduced by $6,500,000.

26.28 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16A.641, subdivision 4a, is amended to read:
26.29 		Subd. 4a.Negotiated sales; temporary authority. Notwithstanding the public sale 
26.30 	requirements of subdivision 4 and section 16A.66, subdivision 2, from June 1, 2009, 
26.31 	until June 30, 2011 2013, the commissioner may sell bonds, including refunding bonds, 
26.32 	at negotiated sale.

26.33 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16A.641, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
27.1 		Subd. 7.Credit of proceeds. (a) Proceeds of bonds issued under each law must be 
27.2 	credited by the commissioner to a special fund, as provided in this subdivision.
27.3 	(b) Accrued interest and any premium received on sale of the bonds must be credited 
27.4 	to the state bond fund created by the Constitution, article XI, section 7. Any premium 
27.5 	received on the sale of the bonds on or prior to December 1, 2012, must be credited to 
27.6 	the state bond fund. Any premium received on the sale of the bonds after December 1, 
27.7 	2012, must be credited to either the bond proceeds fund where it is used to reduce the par 
27.8 	amount of the bonds issued or the state bond fund.
27.9 	(c) Except as otherwise provided by law, proceeds of state bonds issued under the 
27.10 	Constitution, article XI, section 5, clause (a), must be credited to the bond proceeds fund 
27.11 	established by section 16A.631.
27.12 	(d) Proceeds of state highway bonds must be credited to the trunk highway fund 
27.13 	under the Constitution, article XIV, section 6.
27.14 	(e) Proceeds of bonds issued for programs of grants or loans to political subdivisions 
27.15 	must be credited to special accounts in the bond proceeds fund or to special funds 
27.16 	established by laws stating the purposes of the grants or loans, and the standards and 
27.17 	criteria under which an executive agency is authorized to make them.
27.18 	(f) Proceeds of refunding bonds must be credited to the state bond fund as provided 
27.19 	in section 16A.66, subdivision 1.
27.20 	(g) Proceeds of other bonds must be credited as provided in the law authorizing 
27.21 	their issuance.

27.22 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16A.642, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
27.23 		Subd. 2.Cancellation. (a) If the commissioner determines that the purposes for 
27.24 	which general obligation bonds of the state have been issued or for which general fund 
27.25 	monies were appropriated are accomplished or abandoned, after consultation with the 
27.26 	affected agencies, and there is a remaining authorization or appropriation for a specific 
27.27 	project of $500 or less, the commissioner may cancel the remaining authorization or 
27.28 	appropriation for that project.
27.29 	(b) If a premium received on the sale of bonds is credited to the bond proceeds 
27.30 	fund, pursuant to section 16A.641, subdivision 7, paragraph (b), the corresponding bond 
27.31 	authorization to which the premium is attributable must be reduced accordingly by the 
27.32 	commissioner.
27.33 	(c) The commissioner must notify the chairs of the senate Finance Committee and 
27.34 	the house of representatives Capital Investment Committee of any bond authorizations or 
27.35 	general fund appropriations canceled under this subdivision.

28.1 	Sec. 28. Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 7, subdivision 3, as amended by Laws 2007, 
28.2 	chapter 122, section 4, and Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 59, is amended to read:

28.3	Subd. 3.Flood Hazard Mitigation Grants 
 				25,000,000
	
28.4 	For the state share of flood hazard 
28.5 	mitigation grants for publicly owned capital 
28.6 	improvements to prevent or alleviate flood 
28.7 	damage under Minnesota Statutes, section 
28.8 	103F.161.
28.9 	The commissioner shall determine project 
28.10 	priorities as appropriate, based on need.
28.11 	This appropriation includes money for the 
28.12 	following projects:
28.13 	(a) Austin
28.14 	(b) Albert Lea
28.15 	(c) Browns Valley
28.16 	(d) Crookston
28.17 	(e) Canisteo Mine
28.18 	(f) Delano 
28.19 	(g) East Grand Forks
28.20 	(h) Golden Valley
28.21 	(i) Grand Marais Creek
28.22 	(j) Granite Falls
28.23 	(k) Inver Grove Heights
28.24 	(l) Manston Slough
28.25 	(m) Oakport Township
28.26 	(n) Riverton Township
28.27 	(o) Roseau
28.28 	(p) Shell Rock Watershed District
28.29 	(q) St. Vincent
28.30 	(r) Wild Rice River Watershed District
29.1 	For any project listed in this subdivision 
29.2 	that the commissioner determines is not 
29.3 	ready to proceed or does not expend all the 
29.4 	money allocated to it, the commissioner may 
29.5 	allocate that project's money to a project on 
29.6 	the commissioner's priority list.
29.7 	To the extent that the cost of a project in Ada, 
29.8 	Breckenridge, Browns Valley, Crookston, 
29.9 	Dawson, East Grand Forks, Granite Falls, 
29.10 	Montevideo, Oakport Township, Roseau, 
29.11 	St. Vincent, or Warren exceeds two percent 
29.12 	of the median household income in the 
29.13 	municipality multiplied by the number 
29.14 	of households in the municipality, this 
29.15 	appropriation is also for the local share of the 
29.16 	project. The local share for the St. Vincent 
29.17 	dike may not exceed $30,000.
29.18 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
29.19 	section 16A.642, the bond authorization 
29.20 	and appropriation of bond proceeds in this 
29.21 	subdivision are available until June 30, 2014.

29.22 	Sec. 29. Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 16, subdivision 5, as amended by, Laws 
29.23 	2008, chapter 179, section 63, and Laws 2008, chapter 365, section 14, subdivision 5, 
29.24 	is amended to read:

29.25	Subd. 5. Northeast Minnesota rail initiative
 				1,300,000 
	
29.26 	For a grant to St. Louis County to 
29.27 	renovate the St. Louis County Heritage 
29.28 	and Arts Center (the Duluth Depot) and for 
29.29 	preliminary engineering and environmental 
29.30 	studies relating to construction of the rail 
29.31 	line, railway stations, park-and-ride lots, 
29.32 	and other railroad appurtenances necessary 
29.33 	to facilitate the return of intercity and 
29.34 	commuter/passenger rail service within 
30.1 	Duluth and the Duluth/Twin Cities rail 
30.2 	corridor. Notwithstanding Minnesota 
30.3 	Statutes, section 16A.642, the bond 
30.4 	authorization and the appropriation of bond 
30.5 	proceeds for this project are available until 
30.6 	December 31, 2012.

30.7 	Sec. 30. Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 17, subdivision 8, as amended by Laws 2008, 
30.8 	chapter 179, section 64, is amended to read:

30.930.10
	Subd. 8. Metropolitan Regional Parks Capital 
Improvements
 				35,362,000 
	
30.11 	For the cost of improvements and betterments 
30.12 	of a capital nature and acquisition by the 
30.13 	council and local government units of 
30.14 	regional recreational open-space lands in 
30.15 	accordance with the council's policy plan 
30.16 	as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 
30.17 	473.147. Priority must be given to park 
30.18 	rehabilitation and land acquisition projects. 
30.19 	$300,000 is for a grant to the city of 
30.20 	Bloomington to renovate for environmental 
30.21 	analysis and review, design, and construction 
30.22 	of a multimodal trail connection across or 
30.23 	through Long Meadow Lake in the vicinity 
30.24 	of the old Cedar Avenue bridge  and for 
30.25 	development of a segment of the Minnesota 
30.26 	Valley State Trail from Fort Snelling State 
30.27 	Park to the Long Meadow Lake crossing 
30.28 	to serve as a hiking and bicycling trail 
30.29 	connection. 
30.30 	$6,000,000 is for a grant to the county 
30.31 	of Dakota to acquire land for a regional 
30.32 	park and wildlife area adjacent to the 
30.33 	Vermillion Highlands Research, Recreation, 
30.34 	and Wildlife Management Area in Dakota 
30.35 	County. 
31.1 	$1,800,000 is for a grant to the city of 
31.2 	Minneapolis to complete land acquisition for 
31.3 	and construction of the Cedar Lake Trail. 
31.4 	$3,500,000 is for a grant to the Minneapolis 
31.5 	Park and Recreation Board to design, 
31.6 	construct, furnish, and equip a new cultural 
31.7 	and community center in the East Phillips 
31.8 	neighborhood in Minneapolis. 
31.9 	$250,000 is for a grant to the Minneapolis 
31.10 	Park and Recreation Board to predesign 
31.11 	completion of the Grand Rounds National 
31.12 	Scenic Byway by providing a link between 
31.13 	northeast Minneapolis on Stinson Avenue 
31.14 	and Southeast Minneapolis at East River 
31.15 	Road. 
31.16 	$2,500,000 is for a grant to the Minneapolis 
31.17 	Park and Recreation Board to mitigate 
31.18 	flooding at Lake of the Isles in the city 
31.19 	of Minneapolis. The grant must be used 
31.20 	for shoreline stabilization and restoration, 
31.21 	dredging, wetland replacement, and other 
31.22 	infrastructure improvements necessary to 
31.23 	deal with the 1997 flood damage and to 
31.24 	prevent future flooding. 
31.25 	$321,000 is for a grant to Ramsey County 
31.26 	to construct a bicycle and pedestrian trail on 
31.27 	the north side of Lower Afton Road between 
31.28 	Century Avenue and McKnight Road in the 
31.29 	city of Maplewood. This appropriation is 
31.30 	not available until the commissioner has 
31.31 	determined that at least an equal amount has 
31.32 	been committed from nonstate sources. 
31.33 	$9,000,000 is for a grant to the city of St. 
31.34 	Paul to predesign, design, construct, furnish, 
32.1 	equip, and redevelop infrastructure at the 
32.2 	Como Zoo. 
32.3 	$2,500,000 is for a grant to the city of St. 
32.4 	Paul to acquire land for and to predesign, 
32.5 	design, construct, furnish, and equip river 
32.6 	park development and redevelopment 
32.7 	infrastructure in National Great River Park 
32.8 	along the Mississippi River in St. Paul. 
32.9 	$2,000,000 is for a grant to the city of 
32.10 	South St. Paul for the closure, capping, and 
32.11 	remediation of approximately 80 acres of 
32.12 	the Port Crosby construction and demolition 
32.13 	debris landfill in South St. Paul, as the fifth 
32.14 	phase of converting the land into parkland, 
32.15 	and to restore approximately 80 acres of 
32.16 	riverfront land along the Mississippi River. 
32.17 	$191,000 is for a grant to the city of White 
32.18 	Bear Lake to construct the Lake Avenue 
32.19 	Regional Trail connecting Highway 96 
32.20 	Regional Trail with Ramsey Beach. 

32.21 	Sec. 31. Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 15, subdivision 8, is amended to read:

32.22
32.23	Subd. 8.Southeastern Minnesota Regional 
Public Safety Training Center
 				3,655,000
2,955,000
	
32.24 	Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, for 
32.25 	a grant to Olmsted County to acquire land for, 
32.26 	and to design, construct, furnish, and equip 
32.27 	the Southeastern Minnesota Regional Public 
32.28 	Safety Training Center in Olmsted County. 
32.29 	The facility must include, but is not limited 
32.30 	to, a live burn training simulator, a driving 
32.31 	range, and a weapons training facility.
32.32 	This appropriation or any portion of it is not
32.33 	available until when the commissioner has 
32.34 	determined that at least an equal amount 
33.1 	has been committed it has been matched, 
33.2 	dollar-for-dollar, from nonstate sources.
33.3 	The county's expenditures made on or after 
33.4 	December 27, 2007, for this project shall 
33.5 	count towards the match for nonstate sources.

33.6 	Sec. 32. Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 18, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

33.7
33.8	Subd. 3.Systemwide Campus Redevelopment, 
Reuse, or Demolition
 				3,400,000
	
33.9 	To demolish surplus, nonfunctional, or 
33.10 	deteriorated facilities and infrastructure 
33.11 	or to renovate surplus, nonfunctional, or 
33.12 	deteriorated facilities and infrastructure 
33.13 	at Department of Human Services 
33.14 	campuses. These projects must facilitate the 
33.15 	redevelopment or reuse of these campuses 
33.16 	consistent with redevelopment plan concepts 
33.17 	developed and approved under Laws 2003, 
33.18 	First Special Session chapter 14, article 
33.19 	6, section 64, subdivision 2. If a surplus 
33.20 	campus is sold or transferred to a local unit 
33.21 	of government, unspent portions of this 
33.22 	appropriation may be granted to that local 
33.23 	unit of government for the purposes stated in 
33.24 	this subdivision.
33.25 	Up to $400,000 $125,000 is for preparation 
33.26 	and site development, including demolition 
33.27 	of buildings and infrastructure, to implement 
33.28 	the redevelopment and reuse of the Ah Gwah 
33.29 	Ching Regional Treatment Center. This 
33.30 	amount may be granted to Cass County for 
33.31 	the purposes stated in this subdivision. If 
33.32 	the campus is sold or transferred by Cass 
33.33 	County to a local unit of government the 
33.34 	city of Walker, unspent portions of this 
33.35 	appropriation may be granted to that local 
34.1 	unit of government the city of Walker for the 
34.2 	purposes stated in this subdivision.

34.3 	Sec. 33. Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 18, subdivision 6, as amended by Laws 2010, 
34.4 	chapter 399, section 5, is amended to read:

34.5	Subd. 6.Hennepin County Medical Center
 				820,000
	
34.6 	For a grant to Hennepin County to predesign, 
34.7 	design, construct, furnish, and equip an 
34.8 	outpatient clinic and a health education 
34.9 	facility at Hennepin County Medical 
34.10 	Center that includes teaching clinics and an 
34.11 	education center.

34.12 	Sec. 34. Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 19, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

34.13	Subd. 4.Minneapolis Veterans Home Campus

34.14
34.15	Building 17 HVAC Replacement
				3,955,000
1,155,000
	
34.16 	To replace the sections of the campus-wide 
34.17 	heating, ventilation, and air conditioning 
34.18 	system that serve Building 17. To predesign, 
34.19 	design, and construct improvements to 
34.20 	heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and 
34.21 	lighting systems and associated areas serving 
34.22 	the south wing of Building 17.

34.23 	Sec. 35. Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 24, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

34.24
34.25	Subd. 4.County and Local Preservation 
Grants
 				2,000,000
	
34.26 	To be allocated to county and local 
34.27 	jurisdictions as matching money for historic 
34.28 	preservation projects of a capital nature, 
34.29 	as provided in new Minnesota Statutes, 
34.30 	section 138.0525. This appropriation 
34.31 	includes money for grants to the city of 
34.32 	Hokah to renovate the Hokah City Hall 
35.1 	building; and the Houston County Historical 
35.2 	Society to renovate existing space and to 
35.3 	predesign, design, and construct an addition 
35.4 	to the Houston County Historical Society 
35.5 	building located in the city of Caledonia.
35.6 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
35.7 	138.0525, the city of Hokah is not required 
35.8 	to provide a match.
35.9 	$100,000 is for a grant to the city of Wells to 
35.10 	renovate the historic Wells Train Depot. No 
35.11 	match is required for this grant.

35.12 	Sec. 36. Laws 2008, chapter 365, section 4, subdivision 3, as amended by Laws 2010, 
35.13 	chapter 189, section 58, is amended to read:

35.14	Subd. 3.Old Cedar Avenue Bridge
 				2,000,000
	
35.15 	For a grant to the city of Bloomington 
35.16 	to renovate for environmental analysis 
35.17 	and review, design, and construction of 
35.18 	a multimodal trail connection across or 
35.19 	through Long Meadow Lake in the vicinity 
35.20 	of the old Cedar Avenue Bridge and for 
35.21 	development of a segment of the Minnesota 
35.22 	Valley State Trail from Fort Snelling State 
35.23 	Park to the Long Meadow Lake crossing 
35.24 	for bicycle commuters and recreational 
35.25 	users. This appropriation is added to the 
35.26 	appropriation in Laws 2006, chapter 258, 
35.27 	section 17, subdivision 8.

35.28 	Sec. 37. Laws 2009, chapter 93, article 1, section 14, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

35.29	Subd. 3.Veterans Cemeteries
 				1,500,000
	
35.30 	Of this amount, up to $500,000 is 
35.31 	to acquire land located in Redwood 
35.32 	County southeastern, southwestern, and 
35.33 	northeastern Minnesota for publicly owned 
36.1 	veterans cemeteries, to be operated by 
36.2 	the commissioner of veterans affairs. The 
36.3 	commissioner also must seek donations of 
36.4 	land for the cemeteries. The balance of the 
36.5 	appropriation is to predesign and design 
36.6 	the cemeteries. Federal reimbursement of 
36.7 	design costs for each cemetery must be 
36.8 	deposited in the state treasury and credited to 
36.9 	a special account and is appropriated to the 
36.10 	commissioner of veterans affairs to design the 
36.11 	remaining cemeteries. Following completion 
36.12 	of all legislatively authorized Minnesota 
36.13 	state veterans cemeteries, final federal 
36.14 	reimbursement of predesign and design costs 
36.15 	is appropriated to the commissioner for asset 
36.16 	preservation of veterans homes statewide, 
36.17 	to be spent in accordance with Minnesota 
36.18 	Statutes, section 16B.307.

36.19 	Sec. 38. Laws 2009, chapter 93, article 1, section 22, the effective date, is amended to 
36.20 	read:

36.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment 
36.22 	and expires July 1, 2011 2013.

36.23 	Sec. 39. Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 6, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

36.24	Subd. 2.Alpha Building Demolition
 				755,000265,500
	
36.25 	To demolish the Alpha Building.

36.26 	Sec. 40. Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 6, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

36.27	Subd. 4.Storage and Maintenance Building
 				129,000618,500
	
36.28 	To design, construct, and equip a storage 
36.29 	and maintenance building on the site of the 
36.30 	demolished Alpha Building.

36.31 	Sec. 41. Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 7, subdivision 19, is amended to read:

37.1	Subd. 19.Trail Connections
 				3,292,000
	
37.2 	For matching grants under Minnesota 
37.3 	Statutes, section 85.019, subdivision 4c.
37.4 	$55,000 is for a grant to Carlton County to 
37.5 	make safety improvements on the Soo Line 
37.6 	Trail in Moose Lake, including restoring 
37.7 	decking, railings, and approaches of the 
37.8 	trestles on the trail.
37.9 	$512,000 is for a grant to the city of Granite 
37.10 	Falls to renovate the Roebling suspension 
37.11 	pedestrian bridge over the Minnesota River 
37.12 	in Granite Falls.
37.13 	$175,000 is for a grant to the city of Hibbing 
37.14 	to acquire land, predesign, design, construct, 
37.15 	and resurface the Carey Lake Bike Trail 
37.16 	which follows 25th Street (Dupont Road) 
37.17 	east to the Carey Lake Park in Hibbing, St. 
37.18 	Louis County.
37.19 	$1,000,000 is for a grant to the city of 
37.20 	Rochester to acquire the DM&E Pine Island 
37.21 	spur right-of-way to connect to the Douglas 
37.22 	State Trail.
37.23 	$800,000 is for a grant to the Rocori Trail 
37.24 	Board to acquire, design, and construct phase 
37.25 	1 of the Rocori Trail, from Richmond to the 
37.26 	east side of the Sauk River into Cold Spring, 
37.27 	connecting the Glacial Lakes State Trail to 
37.28 	the Beaver Island Trail and Lake Wobegon 
37.29 	Trail. No matching funds are required for 
37.30 	this grant.
37.31 	$250,000 is for a grant to Stearns County 
37.32 	to develop the 26-mile Dairyland Trail 
37.33 	connecting to the Lake Wobegon Trail.
38.1 	$500,000 is for a grant to the city of Walker 
38.2 	for phases 2 and 3 of the Shingobee Trail 
38.3 	Connection to the Paul Bunyan State Trail.
38.4 	For any project listed in this subdivision 
38.5 	that the commissioner determines is not 
38.6 	ready to proceed, the commissioner may 
38.7 	allocate that project's money to another 
38.8 	trail connection project in this subdivision. 
38.9 	The chairs of the house of representatives 
38.10 	and senate committees with jurisdiction 
38.11 	over the environment and natural resources 
38.12 	and legislators from the affected legislative 
38.13 	districts must be notified of any changes.

38.14 	Sec. 42. Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 7, subdivision 20, is amended to read:

38.15
38.16	Subd. 20.St. Mathias Trail Paving - Fort 
Ripley
 				50,000
	
38.17 	For a grant to the city of Fort Ripley township 
38.18 	of St. Mathias to pave a trail in St. Mathias 
38.19 	Park.

38.20 	Sec. 43. Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 7, subdivision 22, is amended to read:

38.21	Subd. 22.Fort Snelling Upper Bluff
 				1,200,000
	
38.22 	For a grant to Hennepin County to conduct 
38.23 	emergency building stabilization at Fort 
38.24 	Snelling Upper Bluff. This appropriation 
38.25 	may also be used for all work necessary to 
38.26 	rehabilitate buildings and sites for occupancy 
38.27 	and use. This appropriation is not available 
38.28 	until the commissioner of management and 
38.29 	budget has determined that Hennepin County 
38.30 	has entered into appropriate agreements to 
38.31 	use Sentence to Serve labor for the project 
38.32 	that will train the Sentence to Serve laborers 
38.33 	in the skills needed for the work.

39.1 	Sec. 44. Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 14, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

39.2	Subd. 3.State Emergency Operations Center
 				2,250,000
	
39.3 	To the commissioner of administration to 
39.4 	predesign and design a new state emergency 
39.5 	operations center in Arden Hills.
39.6 	The commissioner of administration must 
39.7 	consult with the commissioner of public 
39.8 	safety in the predesign and design. This 
39.9 	appropriation is not available until the 
39.10 	commissioner has reported to the chairs and 
39.11 	ranking minority members of the house of 
39.12 	representatives and senate committees with 
39.13 	jurisdiction over public safety policy and 
39.14 	finance, capital investment, finance, and 
39.15 	ways and means, how the Arden Hills site 
39.16 	will be adequately accessible in the event 
39.17 	of a disaster that adversely affects major 
39.18 	transportation corridors.
39.19 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
39.20 	16B.31, subdivision 5, the commissioner 
39.21 	of administration, at the request of the 
39.22 	commissioner of public safety, may acquire 
39.23 	land, utility and road easements, and any 
39.24 	other necessary right of access or use from 
39.25 	the federal government or other applicable 
39.26 	parties for the state emergency operations 
39.27 	center proposed to be located in Arden Hills.

39.28 	Sec. 45. Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 16, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

39.29
39.30	Subd. 4.Metropolitan Regional Parks and 
Trails Capital Improvements

39.31	(a) Metropolitan Council Priorities
				10,500,000
	
39.32 	For the cost of improvements and betterments 
39.33 	of a capital nature and acquisition by the 
39.34 	council and local government units of 
40.1 	regional recreational open-space lands in 
40.2 	accordance with the council's policy plan 
40.3 	as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 
40.4 	473.147. Priority must be given to park 
40.5 	rehabilitation and land acquisition projects. 
40.6 	This appropriation must not be used to 
40.7 	purchase easements. 

40.8	(b) Como Zoo 
				11,000,000
	
40.9 	For a grant to the city of St. Paul to predesign, 
40.10 	design, construct, furnish, and equip phase 2 
40.11 	renovation of exhibits at the Como Zoo.

40.12
40.13	(d) Old Cedar Avenue Bridge
				2,000,000
1,000,000
	
40.14 	For a grant to the city of Bloomington 
40.15 	to renovate for environmental analysis 
40.16 	and review, design, and construction of a 
40.17 	multimodal trail connection across or through 
40.18 	Long Meadow Lake in the vicinity of the Old 
40.19 	Cedar Avenue Bridge and for development 
40.20 	of a segment of the Minnesota Valley State 
40.21 	Trail from Fort Snelling State Park to the 
40.22 	Long Meadow Lake crossing for bicycle 
40.23 	commuters and recreational users. The city 
40.24 	of Bloomington must consult with the city of 
40.25 	Eagan and Dakota County on the renovation. 
40.26 	This appropriation is added to the 
40.27 	appropriation in Laws 2008, chapter 365, 
40.28 	section 4, subdivision 3, as amended by this 
40.29 	act.

40.30
40.31	(f) Rock Island Bridge Park and Trail 
Development
				1,000,000
	
40.32 	For a grant to the city of Inver Grove Heights 
40.33 	for park and trail development on the west 
40.34 	bank of the Mississippi River in Dakota 
40.35 	County at the site of Mississippi River Bridge 
41.1 	JAR 5600, commonly known as the Rock 
41.2 	Island Bridge. Any park or trails developed 
41.3 	with this appropriation must connect with 
41.4 	any local, regional, or state trails in the 
41.5 	vicinity, and the historic Rock Island Bridge.

41.6	(i) Veterans Memorial Parks
				2,000,000
	
41.7 	For a grant to the Minneapolis Park and 
41.8 	Recreation Board to: (1) design and 
41.9 	construct an appropriate monument in 
41.10 	Sheridan Veterans Memorial Park on 
41.11 	the Mississippi River in Minneapolis to 
41.12 	memorialize the war service of Minnesota 
41.13 	veterans of all wars; and (2) match money 
41.14 	provided by Hennepin County to restore the 
41.15 	flagpole monument and plaza, and make 
41.16 	other infrastructure improvements of a 
41.17 	capital nature for the Veterans of World War 
41.18 	I Victory Memorial Parkway, consistent with 
41.19 	Hennepin County's planned infrastructure 
41.20 	improvements.

41.21 	Sec. 46. Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 19, subdivision 4, as amended by Laws 2010, 
41.22 	chapter 399, section 8, is amended to read:

41.23
41.24	Subd. 4.Minneapolis Veterans Home
 				9,450,000
12,250,000
	
41.25 	To predesign, design, construct, furnish, 
41.26 	and equip the renovation of building 16 
41.27 	to accommodate a domiciliary program, 
41.28 	demolish the north wing of building 17, 
41.29 	predesign a new building 17, and design, 
41.30 	construct, furnish, and equip the north 
41.31 	wing of the new building 17, including site 
41.32 	improvements and amenities for building 
41.33 	and program support.

42.1 	Sec. 47. Laws 2010, chapter 333, article 2, section 23, is amended to read:
42.2 	Sec. 23. PLANNING NEW VETERANS CEMETERIES.
 42.3 	(a) The commissioner of veterans affairs shall determine a suitable site and plan for 
42.4 	three new state veterans cemeteries, one to be located in northeastern Minnesota, one to 
42.5 	be located in southeastern Minnesota, and one to be located in southwestern Minnesota. 
42.6 	In determining the site for a cemetery, the commissioner shall consider available public 
42.7 	land options and shall seek proposals for donated land from interested counties, local 
42.8 	communities, civic organizations, veterans service organizations, and individuals.
42.9 	(b) For determining the veterans cemetery site in southeastern Minnesota, the 
42.10 	commissioner shall give priority consideration to land owned and proposed for donation 
42.11 	by the county of Fillmore.
42.12 	(c) The commissioner's planning process for a state veterans cemetery must include, 
42.13 	at a minimum, the following actions:
42.14 	(1) determining the need for the cemetery;
42.15 	(2) investigating the availability of suitable land for the cemetery;
42.16 	(3) assessment of impacts of the cemetery;
42.17 	(4) encouragement of support from veteran service organizations and local 
42.18 	governments; and 
42.19 	(5) preparation and submission of a preapplication for a grant from the United States 
42.20 	Department of Veterans Affairs for commitment of funding for establishing the cemetery.
42.21 	(d) By January 15, 2011, the commissioner shall report to the chair and ranking 
42.22 	minority member of the house of representatives and senate committees having 
42.23 	responsibility for veterans affairs with a report of the commissioner's progress in 
42.24 	implementing this section.

42.25 	Sec. 48. Laws 2010, Second Special Session chapter 1, article 1, section 9, subdivision 
42.26 	5, is amended to read:

42.27	Subd. 5.Dam Renovation and Removal
 			$
	1,000,000
	
42.28 	To provide cost share for the renovation 
42.29 	or removal of publicly owned dams and 
42.30 	for publicly owned streambed restoration 
42.31 	adjacent thereto in the DR-1941 area under 
42.32 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 103G.511 and 
42.33 	103G.515.

43.1 	Sec. 49. ACQUISITION OF EASEMENT; MINNESOTA CORRECTIONAL 
43.2 	FACILITY IN FARIBAULT.
 43.3 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.31, subdivision 5, the 
43.4 	commissioner of administration may acquire an easement for utility and access purposes to 
43.5 	serve the Minnesota correctional facility in the city of Faribault by any of the acquisition 
43.6 	methods permitted by that subdivision even in the absence of a specific appropriation to 
43.7 	the commissioner to acquire the easement.

43.8 	Sec. 50. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 43.9 	Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective the day following final enactment.