1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital improvements; authorizing spending to acquire and better 
1.3 	public land and buildings and for other improvements of a capital nature with 
1.4 	certain conditions; establishing programs; authorizing the sale and issuance of 
1.5 	state bonds; modifying previous appropriations; authorizing Cook County to 
1.6 	form a district for the construction of water facilities and provision of water 
1.7 	service; authorizing the commissioner of natural resources to make certain 
1.8 	acquisitions of land or interests in land; appropriating money;amending 
1.9 	Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 16B.32, subdivisions 1, 1a; 462A.21, by 
1.10 	adding a subdivision; Laws 2006, chapter 258, sections 7, subdivision 23, as 
1.11 	amended; 17, subdivision 3; Laws 2008, chapter 179, sections 7, subdivision 27, 
1.12 	as amended; 17, subdivision 4; 19, subdivision 4, as amended; 21, subdivision 
1.13 	15, as amended; Laws 2009, chapter 93, article 1, section 12, subdivision 2; Laws 
1.14 	2010, chapter 189, sections 7, subdivision 12; 18, subdivision 5; 24, subdivision 
1.15 	3; Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 12, sections 3, subdivisions 7, 8; 14, 
1.16 	subdivision 2; 19; 22; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
1.17 	chapters 16B; 116J; 462A; repealing Minnesota Rules, part 8895.0700, subpart 1.
1.18 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

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

2.3	SUMMARY
	
2.4	University of Minnesota
	$
	39,060,000
	
2.5	Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
		56,455,000
	
2.6	Minnesota State Academies
		1,000,000
	
2.7	Perpich Center for Arts Education
		263,000
	
2.8	Natural Resources
		21,409,000
	
2.9	Pollution Control Agency
		1,956,000
	
2.10	Board of Water and Soil Resources
		10,000,000
	
2.11	Rural Finance Authority
		33,000,000
	
2.12	Zoological Garden
		5,000,000
	
2.13	Administration
		8,000,000
	
2.14	Amateur Sports
		375,000
	
2.15	Military Affairs
		2,000,000
	
2.16	Public Safety
		2,000,000
	
2.17	Transportation
		38,500,000
	
2.18	Metropolitan Council
		8,100,000
	
2.19	Human Services
		2,500,000
	
2.20	Veterans Affairs
		3,250,000
	
2.21	Corrections
		14,128,000
	
2.22	Employment and Economic Development
		46,285,000
	
2.23	Public Facilities Authority
		23,600,000
	
2.24	Housing Finance Agency
		5,000,000
	
2.25	Minnesota Historical Society
		3,250,000
	
2.26	Bond Sale Expenses
		298,000
	
2.27	TOTAL
	$
	 325,429,000
	
2.28	Bond Proceeds Fund (General Fund Debt Service)
		 260,277,000
	
2.29	Bond Proceeds Fund (User Financed Debt Service)
		45,152,000
	
2.30	State Transportation Fund
		20,000,000

2.31						APPROPRIATIONS

2.32	Sec. 2. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

2.33	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	39,060,000
	
2.34 	To the Board of Regents of the University 
2.35 	of Minnesota for the purposes specified in 
2.36 	this section.

2.37
2.38	Subd. 2.Higher Education Asset Preservation 
and Replacement (HEAPR)
 				35,000,000
	
3.1 	To be spent in accordance with Minnesota 
3.2 	Statutes, section 135A.046.

3.3	Subd. 3.Itasca Biological Station

3.4	Itasca Facility Improvements
				4,060,000
	
3.5 	To design, construct, furnish, and equip a new 
3.6 	technology-rich biological laboratory and 
3.7 	classroom facility, and to design, construct, 
3.8 	furnish, and equip the renovation of the 
3.9 	historic Lakeside Lab and to remove obsolete 
3.10 	single-function buildings at the University of 
3.11 	Minnesota facility in Itasca State Park.

3.12	Subd. 4.University Share
 					
3.13 	Except for Higher Education Asset 
3.14 	Preservation and Replacement (HEAPR) 
3.15 	under subdivision 2, the appropriations in this 
3.16 	section are intended to cover approximately 
3.17 	two-thirds of the cost of each project. The 
3.18 	remaining costs must be paid from university 
3.19 	sources.

3.20	Subd. 5.Unspent Appropriations
 					
3.21 	Upon substantial completion of a project 
3.22 	authorized in this section and after written 
3.23 	notice to the commissioner of management 
3.24 	and budget, the Board of Regents must use 
3.25 	any money remaining in the appropriation 
3.26 	for that project for HEAPR under Minnesota 
3.27 	Statutes, section 135A.046. The Board 
3.28 	of Regents must report by February 1 of 
3.29 	each even-numbered year to the chairs of 
3.30 	the house of representatives and senate 
3.31 	committees with jurisdiction over capital 
3.32 	investment and higher education finance, and 
3.33 	to the chairs of the house of representatives 
3.34 	Ways and Means Committee and the senate 
4.1 	Finance Committee, on how the remaining 
4.2 	money has been allocated or spent.

4.3
4.4	Sec. 3. MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES 
AND UNIVERSITIES

4.5	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	56,455,000
	
4.6 	To the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota 
4.7 	State Colleges and Universities for the 
4.8 	purposes specified in this section.

4.94.10
	Subd. 2.Higher Education Asset Preservation 
and Replacement (HEAPR)
 				20,000,000
	
4.11 	For the purposes specified in Minnesota 
4.12 	Statutes, section 135A.046.

4.13	Subd. 3.Bemidji State University

4.14
4.15	Business Building Addition, Renovation 
Design, Demolition
				3,303,000
	
4.16 	To abate and demolish Maple Hall and 
4.17 	Sanford Hall, and to complete design for the 
4.18 	renovation of Decker Hall, Hobson Hall, 
4.19 	and Memorial Hall into multiuse classrooms 
4.20 	and study spaces, including replacing the 
4.21 	HVAC system and constructing an addition 
4.22 	to Memorial Hall for better accessibility.

4.23
4.24	Subd. 4.Minnesota West Community and 
Technical College, Worthington

4.25	Renovation and Addition
				4,606,000
	
4.26 	To renovate, furnish, and equip existing 
4.27 	classroom and lab spaces and to design, 
4.28 	construct, furnish, and equip a classroom, 
4.29 	lab, and entryway addition, and replace 
4.30 	HVAC systems.

4.31
4.32	Subd. 5.Northeast Higher Education District - 
Itasca Community College

4.33	Renovation, Addition, and Demolition
				4,549,000
	
5.1 	To complete the design of and to renovate, 
5.2 	furnish, and equip existing instructional 
5.3 	and student services spaces, to design, 
5.4 	construct, furnish, and equip an addition with 
5.5 	multipurpose classrooms, and to demolish 
5.6 	Donovan Hall.

5.7
5.8	Subd. 6.Northland Community and Technical 
College

5.95.10
	Aviation Maintenance Facility Expansion 
Design
				300,000
	
5.11 	To design the expansion and renovation of the 
5.12 	aviation maintenance facilities at Northland 
5.13 	Community and Technical College.

5.14	Subd. 7.Ridgewater College, Willmar

5.15	Technical Instruction Lab Renovation
				13,851,000
	
5.16 	To complete the design of and to renovate, 
5.17 	furnish, and equip classroom and student 
5.18 	service spaces, to replace the HVAC 
5.19 	system, to construct, furnish, and equip an 
5.20 	updated campus entry, and to demolish the 
5.21 	Administration Building.

5.22
5.23	Subd. 8.Rochester Community and Technical 
College

5.24
5.25	Renovation and Addition for Workforce 
Center Colocation
				3,146,000
	
5.26 	To complete the design of and to renovate, 
5.27 	furnish, and equip existing Heintz Center 
5.28 	space and to design, construct, furnish, and 
5.29 	equip an addition to the Heintz Center for the 
5.30 	offices and shared spaces and services of the 
5.31 	Minnesota Workforce Center - Rochester, 
5.32 	and to replace the HVAC system.

5.33	Subd. 9.Saint Paul College

5.34	Health and Science Alliance Center
				1,500,000
	
6.1 	To complete the design for an addition for 
6.2 	the college's health and science programs, 
6.3 	including the elimination of crowding in 
6.4 	existing labs and the demolition of obsolete 
6.5 	space.

6.6
6.7	Subd. 10.Science, Technology, Engineering, 
and Math Initiatives
 				5,200,000
	
6.8 	To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
6.9 	science, technology, and math laboratories 
6.10 	and classrooms at campuses statewide. 
6.11 	Campuses may use internal and nonstate 
6.12 	funds to increase the size of the projects. This 
6.13 	appropriation may be used at the following 
6.14 	campuses: Bemidji State University; Century 
6.15 	College; Inver Hills Community College; 
6.16 	Minnesota State Community and Technical 
6.17 	College, Moorhead; Minnesota State 
6.18 	University, Moorhead; Northeast Higher 
6.19 	Education District, Hibbing Community 
6.20 	College, Itasca Community College, and 
6.21 	Mesabi Range Community and Technical 
6.22 	College; and Pine Technical College.

6.23	Subd. 11.Debt Service
 					
6.24 	(a) The Board of Trustees shall pay the 
6.25 	debt service on one-third of the principal 
6.26 	amount of state bonds sold to finance 
6.27 	projects authorized by this section, except 
6.28 	for higher education asset preservation 
6.29 	and replacement, and except that, where a 
6.30 	nonstate match is required, the debt service is 
6.31 	due on a principal amount equal to one-third 
6.32 	of the total project cost, less the match 
6.33 	committed before the bonds are sold. After 
6.34 	each sale of general obligation bonds, the 
6.35 	commissioner of management and budget 
7.1 	shall notify the board of the amounts assessed 
7.2 	for each year for the life of the bonds.
7.3 	(b) The commissioner of management and 
7.4 	budget shall reduce the board's assessment 
7.5 	each year by one-third of the net income 
7.6 	from investment of general obligation bond 
7.7 	proceeds in proportion to the amount of 
7.8 	principal and interest otherwise required to 
7.9 	be paid by the board. The board shall pay its 
7.10 	resulting net assessment to the commissioner 
7.11 	of management and budget by December 
7.12 	1 each year. If the board fails to make 
7.13 	a payment when due, the commissioner 
7.14 	of management and budget shall reduce 
7.15 	allotments for appropriations from the 
7.16 	general fund otherwise available to the board 
7.17 	and apply the amount of the reduction to 
7.18 	cover the missed debt service payment. The 
7.19 	commissioner of management and budget 
7.20 	shall credit the payments received from the 
7.21 	board to the bond debt service account in 
7.22 	the state bond fund each December 1 before 
7.23 	money is transferred from the general fund 
7.24 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641, 
7.25 	subdivision 10.

7.26	Subd. 12.Unspent Appropriations
 					
7.27 	(a) Upon substantial completion of a 
7.28 	project authorized in this section and after 
7.29 	written notice to the commissioner of 
7.30 	management and budget, the board must use 
7.31 	any money remaining in the appropriation 
7.32 	for that project for Higher Education Asset 
7.33 	Preservation and Replacement (HEAPR) 
7.34 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 135A.046. 
7.35 	The board must report by February 1 of each 
8.1 	even-numbered year to the chairs of the house 
8.2 	of representatives and senate committees 
8.3 	with jurisdiction over capital investments and 
8.4 	higher education finance, and to the chairs 
8.5 	of the house of representatives Ways and 
8.6 	Means Committee and the senate Finance 
8.7 	Committee, on how the remaining money 
8.8 	has been allocated or spent.
8.9 	(b) The unspent portion of an appropriation 
8.10 	for a project in this section that is complete 
8.11 	is available for Higher Education Asset 
8.12 	Preservation and Replacement (HEAPR) 
8.13 	under this subdivision at the same campus 
8.14 	as the project for which the original 
8.15 	appropriation was made, and the debt 
8.16 	service requirement under subdivision 9 is 
8.17 	reduced accordingly. Minnesota Statutes, 
8.18 	section 16A.642, applies from the date of the 
8.19 	original appropriation to the unspent amount 
8.20 	transferred.

8.21	Sec. 4. MINNESOTA STATE ACADEMIES
 			$
	1,000,000
	
8.22 	To the commissioner of administration for 
8.23 	asset preservation on both campuses of the 
8.24 	academies, to be spent in accordance with 
8.25 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307.

8.26
8.27	Sec. 5. PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS 
EDUCATION

8.28	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	263,000
	
8.29 	To the commissioner of administration for 
8.30 	the purposes specified in this section.

8.31	Subd. 2.Loading Dock Repair
 				64,000
	
8.32 	To complete design of and repair the loading 
8.33 	dock and dock steps.

9.1	Subd. 3.Road Repair
 				99,000
	
9.2 	To complete design and repair roadway.

9.3	Subd. 4.Storm Drainage
 				100,000
	
9.4 	To complete design of and install storm 
9.5 	drainage on the northwest corner of campus.

9.6	Sec. 6. NATURAL RESOURCES

9.7	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	21,409,000
	
9.8 	To the commissioner of natural resources 
9.9 	for the purposes specified in this section. 
9.10 	The appropriations in this section are 
9.11 	subject to the requirements of the natural 
9.12 	resources capital improvement program 
9.13 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.12, 
9.14 	unless this section or the statutes referred 
9.15 	to in this section provide more specific 
9.16 	standards, criteria, or priorities for projects 
9.17 	than Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.12.

9.18	Subd. 2.Natural Resources Asset Preservation
 				3,000,000
	
9.19 	For the renovation of state-owned facilities 
9.20 	and recreational assets operated by the 
9.21 	commissioner of natural resources, to be 
9.22 	spent in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, 
9.23 	section 84.946. The commissioner may 
9.24 	use this appropriation to replace buildings 
9.25 	if that is the most effective and the most 
9.26 	energy-efficient and carbon-reducing method 
9.27 	of renovation.

9.28	Subd. 3.Flood Hazard Mitigation Grants
 				4,409,000
	
9.29 	For the state share of flood hazard 
9.30 	mitigation grants for publicly owned capital 
9.31 	improvements to prevent or alleviate flood 
9.32 	damage under Minnesota Statutes, section 
9.33 	103F.161. Levee projects, to the extent 
10.1 	practical, shall meet the state standard of 
10.2 	three feet above the 100-year flood elevation. 
10.3 	The commissioner shall determine project 
10.4 	priorities as appropriate, based on need. 
10.5 	Of this appropriation, $300,000 is for a 
10.6 	grant to Douglas County for construction 
10.7 	of a drainage outlet for Lake Oscar. This 
10.8 	appropriation is not available until the 
10.9 	commissioner has determined that at least 
10.10 	$10,000 has been secured for this project 
10.11 	from nonstate sources. 
10.12 	Of this appropriation, $4,109,000 is 
10.13 	for a grant to the Red River Watershed 
10.14 	Management Board for the following 
10.15 	projects: Springbrook in the Two 
10.16 	Rivers Watershed District; Roseau Water 
10.17 	Management Area and Hay Creek/Norland 
10.18 	in the Roseau River Watershed District; 
10.19 	Brandt/Angus in the Middle Snake Tamarac 
10.20 	Watershed District; Shelly, Felton, and Upper 
10.21 	Becker in the Wild Rice Watershed District; 
10.22 	and Climax, Nielsville, and Bear Park in the 
10.23 	Sandhill Watershed District. 
10.24 	For any project listed in this subdivision 
10.25 	that the commissioner determines is not 
10.26 	ready to proceed or does not expend all the 
10.27 	money allocated to it, the commissioner may 
10.28 	allocate that project's money to a project on 
10.29 	the commissioner's priority list.
10.30 	To the extent that the cost of a project 
10.31 	exceeds two percent of the median household 
10.32 	income in the municipality multiplied by the 
10.33 	number of households in the municipality, 
10.34 	this appropriation is also for the local share 
10.35 	of the project.

11.1
11.2	Subd. 4.Dam Repair, Reconstruction, and 
Removal
 				3,000,000
	
11.3 	To renovate or remove publicly owned dams. 
11.4 	The commissioner shall determine project 
11.5 	priorities as appropriate under Minnesota 
11.6 	Statutes, sections 103G.511 and 103G.515. 

11.7	Subd. 5.Roads and Bridges
 				3,000,000
	
11.8 	For the design, reconstruction, resurfacing, 
11.9 	replacement, and construction of 
11.10 	DNR-maintained roads, culverts, and 
11.11 	bridges. 

11.12	Subd. 6.State Forest Land Reforestation
 				1,000,000
	
11.13 	To increase reforestation activities to meet 
11.14 	the reforestation requirements of Minnesota 
11.15 	Statutes, section 89.002, subdivision 2, 
11.16 	including planting, seeding, site preparation; 
11.17 	and for timber stand improvement.

11.18
11.19	Subd. 7.State Parks and Trails Renewal and 
Development
 				7,000,000
	
11.20 	For renewal, modification, replacement, or 
11.21 	development of buildings and recreational 
11.22 	infrastructure in state parks, state recreation 
11.23 	areas, state trails, small craft harbors and 
11.24 	marinas, fishing pier sites, and state forests.

11.25	Subd. 8.Unspent Appropriations
 					
11.26 	The unspent portion of an appropriation, 
11.27 	but not to exceed ten percent of the 
11.28 	appropriation, for a project in this section 
11.29 	that is complete, other than an appropriation 
11.30 	for flood hazard mitigation, upon written 
11.31 	notice to the commissioner of management 
11.32 	and budget, is available for asset preservation 
11.33 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.946. 
11.34 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, applies 
12.1 	from the date of the original appropriation 
12.2 	to the unspent amount transferred for asset 
12.3 	preservation.

12.4	Sec. 7. POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY
 			$
	1,956,000

12.5	Capital Assistance Grant, Becker County
					
12.6 	To the Pollution Control Agency for a 
12.7 	solid waste capital assistance grant under 
12.8 	Minnesota Statutes, section 115A.54, to 
12.9 	Becker County to design and construct a 
12.10 	waste transfer facility and a material recovery 
12.11 	facility. This amount includes 75 percent 
12.12 	of the cost of the transfer station and 50 
12.13 	percent of the cost of a material recovery 
12.14 	facility. This grant is not available until the 
12.15 	agency determines that an amount sufficient 
12.16 	to complete the project is committed from 
12.17 	nonstate sources.

12.18
12.19	Sec. 8. BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL 
RESOURCES

12.20	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	10,000,000
	
12.21 	To the Board of Water and Soil Resources 
12.22 	for the purposes specified in this section.

12.23	Subd. 2.RIM Conservation Reserve
 				8,000,000
	
12.24 	(a) To acquire conservation easements from 
12.25 	landowners to preserve, restore, create, 
12.26 	and enhance wetlands; restore and enhance 
12.27 	rivers and streams, riparian lands, and 
12.28 	associated uplands in order to protect soil 
12.29 	and water quality; support fish and wildlife 
12.30 	habitat; reduce flood damage; and provide 
12.31 	other public benefits. The provisions of 
12.32 	Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.515, apply 
12.33 	to this appropriation, except that the board 
13.1 	may establish alternative payment rates for 
13.2 	easements and practices to establish restored 
13.3 	native prairies, as defined in Minnesota 
13.4 	Statutes, section 84.02, subdivision 5, and 
13.5 	to protect uplands. Of this appropriation, up 
13.6 	to ten percent may be used to implement the 
13.7 	program.
13.8 	(b) The board is authorized to enter into 
13.9 	new agreements and amend past agreements 
13.10 	with landowners as required by Minnesota 
13.11 	Statutes, section 103F.515, subdivision 5, to 
13.12 	allow for restoration, including overseeding 
13.13 	and harvesting of native prairie vegetation for 
13.14 	use for energy production in a manner that 
13.15 	does not devalue the natural habitat, water 
13.16 	quality benefits, or carbon sequestration 
13.17 	functions of the area enrolled in the easement. 
13.18 	This shall occur after seed production and 
13.19 	minimize impacts on wildlife. Of this 
13.20 	appropriation, up to five percent may be used 
13.21 	for restoration, including overseeding.

13.22
13.23	Subd. 3.Wetland Replacement Due to Public 
Road Projects
 				2,000,000
	
13.24 	To acquire land for wetland restoration or 
13.25 	preservation to replace wetlands drained 
13.26 	or filled as a result of the repair or 
13.27 	reconstruction, replacement, or rehabilitation 
13.28 	of existing public roads as required by 
13.29 	Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.222, 
13.30 	subdivision 1, paragraphs (l) and (m). The 
13.31 	provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 
13.32 	103F.515, apply to this appropriation, except 
13.33 	that the board may establish alternative 
13.34 	payment rates for easements and practices 
13.35 	to establish restored native prairies, as 
13.36 	defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 
14.1 	84.02, subdivision 5, and to protect uplands. 
14.2 	The purchase price paid for acquisition 
14.3 	of land, fee, or perpetual easement must 
14.4 	be the fair market value as determined 
14.5 	by the board. The board may enter into 
14.6 	agreements with the federal government, 
14.7 	other state agencies, political subdivisions, 
14.8 	and nonprofit organizations or fee owners to 
14.9 	acquire land and restore and create wetlands 
14.10 	and to acquire existing wetland banking 
14.11 	credits. Acquisition of or the conveyance 
14.12 	of land may be in the name of the political 
14.13 	subdivision.

14.14	Sec. 9. RURAL FINANCE AUTHORITY
 			$
	33,000,000
	
14.15 	For the purposes set forth in the Minnesota 
14.16 	Constitution, article XI, section 5, paragraph 
14.17 	(h), to the Rural Finance Authority to 
14.18 	purchase participation interests in or to 
14.19 	make direct agricultural loans to farmers 
14.20 	under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 41B. 
14.21 	This appropriation is for the beginning 
14.22 	farmer program under Minnesota Statutes, 
14.23 	section 41B.039; the loan restructuring 
14.24 	program under Minnesota Statutes, section 
14.25 	41B.04; the seller-sponsored program under 
14.26 	Minnesota Statutes, section 41B.042; the 
14.27 	agricultural improvement loan program 
14.28 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 41B.043; 
14.29 	and the livestock expansion loan program 
14.30 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 41B.045. 
14.31 	All debt service on bond proceeds used to 
14.32 	finance this appropriation must be repaid 
14.33 	by the Rural Finance Authority under 
14.34 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.643. Loan 
14.35 	participations must be priced to provide full 
15.1 	interest and principal coverage and a reserve 
15.2 	for potential losses. Priority for loans must 
15.3 	be given first to basic beginning farmer loans, 
15.4 	second to seller-sponsored loans, and third to 
15.5 	agricultural improvement loans.

15.6
15.7	Sec. 10. MINNESOTA ZOOLOGICAL 
GARDEN
 			$
	5,000,000
	
15.8 	To the Minnesota Zoological Garden for 
15.9 	capital asset preservation and betterments to 
15.10 	infrastructure and exhibits at the Minnesota 
15.11 	Zoo to be spent in accordance with Minnesota 
15.12 	Statutes, section 16B.307.

15.13	Sec. 11. ADMINISTRATION

15.14	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	8,000,000
	
15.15 	To the commissioner of administration for 
15.16 	the purposes specified in this section.

15.17	Subd. 2.Asset Preservation
 				3,000,000
	
15.18 	For asset preservation studies and projects 
15.19 	on properties managed by the commissioner. 
15.20 	This appropriation must be spent in 
15.21 	accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 
15.22 	16B.307. This appropriation includes 
15.23 	money to renovate or replace the house of 
15.24 	representatives TV control room heating, 
15.25 	ventilating, and air conditioning system in 
15.26 	the Capitol building.

15.27
15.28	Subd. 3.Hennepin County, Washburn Center 
for Children
 				5,000,000
	
15.29 	For a grant to Hennepin County to acquire 
15.30 	and prepare a site for and to predesign, 
15.31 	design, construct, furnish, and equip a new 
15.32 	Washburn Center for Children that will be 
15.33 	used to provide mental health services to 
15.34 	children. The county is authorized to take 
16.1 	actions and enter into agreements needed 
16.2 	to perform the functions set forth in this 
16.3 	section, and the agreements may include 
16.4 	provisions and conditions that the county 
16.5 	negotiates. The county may enter into a 
16.6 	lease or management contract for the new 
16.7 	center with a nonprofit entity. The lease or 
16.8 	management contract must comply with the 
16.9 	requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 
16.10 	16A.695. This appropriation is not available 
16.11 	until the commissioner has determined that 
16.12 	at least an equal amount has been committed 
16.13 	or expended from nonstate resources.

16.14	Sec. 12. AMATEUR SPORTS
 			$
	375,000
	
16.15 	To the Minnesota Amateur Sports 
16.16 	Commission to replace HVAC heating and 
16.17 	cooling units in the Indoor Sports Hall at the 
16.18 	National Sports Center in Blaine.

16.19	Sec. 13. MILITARY AFFAIRS
 			$
	2,000,000
	
16.20 	To the adjutant general for asset preservation 
16.21 	improvements and betterments of a capital 
16.22 	nature at military affairs facilities statewide, 
16.23 	to be spent in accordance with Minnesota 
16.24 	Statutes, section 16B.307.

16.25	Sec. 14. PUBLIC SAFETY
 			$
	2,000,000

16.26	State Emergency Operations Center
					
16.27 	To the commissioner of administration to 
16.28 	complete site preparation and design for the 
16.29 	State Emergency Operations Center in Arden 
16.30 	Hills.

16.31	Sec. 15. TRANSPORTATION

16.32	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	38,500,000
	
17.1 	This appropriation is to the commissioner of 
17.2 	transportation for the purposes specified in 
17.3 	this section.

17.4
17.5	Subd. 2.Local Bridge Replacement and 
Rehabilitation
 				20,000,000
	
17.6 	This appropriation is from the bond proceeds 
17.7 	account in the state transportation fund 
17.8 	to match federal money and to replace 
17.9 	or rehabilitate local deficient bridges as 
17.10 	provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 
17.11 	174.50. To the extent practicable, the 
17.12 	commissioner shall expend the funds as 
17.13 	provided under Minnesota Statutes, section 
17.14 	174.50, subdivisions 6c and 7, paragraph (c).
17.15 	Political subdivisions may use grants made 
17.16 	under this subdivision to construct or 
17.17 	reconstruct bridges, including but not limited 
17.18 	to:
17.19 	(1) matching federal aid grants to construct 
17.20 	or reconstruct key bridges;
17.21 	(2) paying the costs of preliminary 
17.22 	engineering and environmental studies 
17.23 	authorized under Minnesota Statutes, section 
17.24 	174.50, subdivision 6a;
17.25 	(3) paying the costs to abandon an existing 
17.26 	bridge that is deficient and in need of 
17.27 	replacement, but where no replacement will 
17.28 	be made; and
17.29 	(4) paying the costs to construct a road 
17.30 	or street to facilitate the abandonment 
17.31 	of an existing bridge determined by 
17.32 	the commissioner to be deficient, if the 
17.33 	commissioner determines that construction 
17.34 	of the road or street is more economical than 
17.35 	replacement of the existing bridge.

18.1	Subd. 3.Local Road Improvements
 				10,000,000
	
18.2 	Approximately one-half of the appropriation 
18.3 	is for construction and reconstruction of local 
18.4 	roads with statewide or regional significance 
18.5 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 174.52, 
18.6 	subdivision 4, and one-half is for grants to 
18.7 	counties to assist in paying the costs of rural 
18.8 	road safety capital improvement projects on 
18.9 	county state-aid highways under Minnesota 
18.10 	Statutes, section 174.52, subdivision 4a.
18.11 	This appropriation is from the bond proceeds 
18.12 	account in the state transportation fund as 
18.13 	provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 
18.14 	174.50.

18.15
18.16	Subd. 4.Railroad Warning Devices 
Replacement
 				2,500,000
	
18.17 	To design, construct, and equip the 
18.18 	replacement of active highway rail grade 
18.19 	crossing warning safety devices that have 
18.20 	reached the end of their useful life.

18.21	Subd. 5.Rail Service Improvement Program
 				1,000,000
	
18.22 	For the rail service improvement program 
18.23 	to be spent for the purposes set forth 
18.24 	in Minnesota Statutes, section 222.50, 
18.25 	subdivision 7.

18.26	Subd. 6.Port Development Assistance
 				1,000,000
	
18.27 	For grants under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
18.28 	457A. Any improvements made with the 
18.29 	proceeds of these grants must be publicly 
18.30 	owned.

18.31	Subd. 7.I-35W Storm Tunnel, Minneapolis
 				4,000,000
	
18.32 	For a grant to the city of Minneapolis 
18.33 	to design and construct capital asset 
19.1 	preservation improvements and betterments 
19.2 	to the marked Interstate Highway 35W north 
19.3 	and south storm tunnel systems to provide 
19.4 	drainage for the interstate right-of-way as 
19.5 	well as portions of southwest and northeast 
19.6 	Minneapolis which drain into the tunnel.

19.7	Sec. 16. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL

19.8	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	8,100,000
	
19.9 	To the Metropolitan Council for the purposes 
19.10 	specified in this section.

19.11
19.12	Subd. 2.Metropolitan Regional Parks Capital 
Improvements
 				5,000,000
	
19.13 	For the cost of improvements and betterments 
19.14 	of a capital nature and acquisition by the 
19.15 	council and local government units of 
19.16 	regional recreational open-space lands in 
19.17 	accordance with the council's policy plan 
19.18 	as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 
19.19 	473.147. This appropriation must not be 
19.20 	used to purchase easements.

19.21
19.22
19.23	Subd. 3.Minneapolis Park and Recreation 
Board - Phillips Community Center Pool 
Renovation
 				2,100,000
	
19.24 	For a grant to the Minneapolis Park and 
19.25 	Recreation Board to predesign, design, 
19.26 	engineer, reconstruct, renovate, furnish, 
19.27 	and equip the Phillips Community Center 
19.28 	indoor competitive swimming pool and to 
19.29 	predesign, design, engineer, and construct 
19.30 	an additional indoor multipurpose family 
19.31 	pool and facilities associated with an aquatic 
19.32 	center in the community center, subject to 
19.33 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695.

19.34	Subd. 4.Gateway (I-94 East) Corridor
 				1,000,000
	
20.1 	For a grant to the Washington County 
20.2 	Regional Railroad Authority to perform 
20.3 	environmental studies and preliminary 
20.4 	engineering work for the Gateway (I-94 
20.5 	East) Corridor.

20.6	Sec. 17. HUMAN SERVICES
 			$
	2,500,000
	
20.7 	To the commissioner of administration 
20.8 	for asset preservation improvements and 
20.9 	betterments of a capital nature at Department 
20.10 	of Human Services facilities statewide, to be 
20.11 	spent in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, 
20.12 	section 16B.307.

20.13	Sec. 18. VETERANS AFFAIRS

20.14	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	3,250,000
	
20.15 	To the commissioner of administration 
20.16 	for the purposes specified in this section. 
20.17 	The commissioner must allocate money 
20.18 	appropriated in this section so as to maximize 
20.19 	the use of all available federal funding.

20.20	Subd. 2.Asset Preservation
 				3,000,000
	
20.21 	For asset preservation improvements and 
20.22 	betterments of a capital nature at veterans 
20.23 	homes and cemeteries statewide, to be spent 
20.24 	in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, 
20.25 	section 16B.307.

20.26	Subd. 3.Northern Minnesota Veterans Home
 				250,000
	
20.27 	For predesign of a 90-bed geriatric nursing 
20.28 	facility for veterans on the campus of the 
20.29 	North County Regional Hospital in the city 
20.30 	of Bemidji. This facility shall be known as 
20.31 	the "Northern Minnesota Veterans Home."

20.32	Sec. 19. CORRECTIONS

21.1	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	14,128,000
	
21.2 	To the commissioner of administration, 
21.3 	or other named person, for the purposes 
21.4 	specified in this section.

21.5	Subd. 2.Asset Preservation
 				10,000,000
	
21.6 	For improvements and betterments of a 
21.7 	capital nature at Minnesota correctional 
21.8 	facilities statewide, in accordance with 
21.9 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307.

21.10
21.11	Subd. 3.Minnesota Correctional Facility - 
Stillwater
 				3,391,000

21.12	Well and Water Treatment Facility
					
21.13 	To complete design; cap an old well; install 
21.14 	a new well; replace piping between wells, 
21.15 	water tower, and facility intake; replace water 
21.16 	treatment equipment; and design, construct, 
21.17 	furnish, and equip a new building to house 
21.18 	water treatment equipment.

21.19
21.20	Subd. 4.Northeast Regional Correctional 
Center (NERCC)
 				737,000
	
21.21 	For a grant to the Arrowhead Regional 
21.22 	Corrections Joint Powers Board for asset 
21.23 	preservation improvements and betterments 
21.24 	of a capital nature at the Northeast Regional 
21.25 	Correctional Center (NERCC).

21.26	Subd. 5.Unspent Appropriations
 					
21.27 	The unspent portion of an appropriation for 
21.28 	a project in this section that is complete, 
21.29 	upon written notice to the commissioner of 
21.30 	management and budget, is available for 
21.31 	asset preservation under Minnesota Statutes, 
21.32 	section 16B.307, at the same correctional 
21.33 	facility as the project for which the original 
21.34 	appropriation was made. Minnesota Statutes, 
22.1 	section 16A.642, applies from the date of the 
22.2 	original appropriation to the unspent amount 
22.3 	transferred.

22.4
22.5	Sec. 20. EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC 
DEVELOPMENT

22.6	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	46,285,000
	
22.7 	To the commissioner of employment and 
22.8 	economic development for the purposes 
22.9 	specified in this section.

22.10
22.11
22.12	Subd. 2.Greater Minnesota Business 
Development Public Infrastructure Grant 
Program
 				5,000,000
	
22.13 	For grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 
22.14 	116J.431.

22.15	Subd. 3.Redevelopment Account
 				5,000,000
	
22.16 	For purposes of the redevelopment account 
22.17 	under Minnesota Statutes, sections 116J.571 
22.18 	to 116J.575.

22.19
22.20	Subd. 4.Transportation Economic 
Development Program
 				5,000,000
	
22.21 	For grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 
22.22 	116J.436.

22.23
22.24	Subd. 5.Austin - Research and Technology 
Center
 				9,000,000
	
22.25 	For a grant to the city of Austin to design 
22.26 	and construct a new building addition to 
22.27 	the Hormel Institute, including research 
22.28 	labs, research technology space, and support 
22.29 	offices. This appropriation is not available 
22.30 	until the commissioner has determined that 
22.31 	at least an equal amount has been committed 
22.32 	to the project from nonstate sources.

22.33
22.34	Subd. 6.Bemidji - Lakeland Public Television 
Media Center
 				3,000,000
	
23.1 	For a grant to the city of Bemidji to construct, 
23.2 	furnish, and equip a regional public 
23.3 	television station in the city of Bemidji. 
23.4 	This appropriation is not available until the 
23.5 	commissioner determines that at least a 25 
23.6 	percent match has been committed to the 
23.7 	project from nonstate sources.

23.8	Subd. 7.Itasca County - Regional Fire Station 
 				1,200,000
	
23.9 	For a grant to Itasca County to acquire land 
23.10 	along Trunk Highway 169 in Itasca County 
23.11 	for a new consolidated regional fire station 
23.12 	serving the cities of Calumet and Marble 
23.13 	and Greenway Township, and to predesign, 
23.14 	design, construct, furnish, and equip the 
23.15 	new facility. The county may convey any 
23.16 	property acquired with the appropriation to a 
23.17 	public regional fire protection entity created 
23.18 	by the communities to be served by the new 
23.19 	fire station.

23.20
23.21	Subd. 8.Maplewood - Harriet Tubman Center 
East
 				2,000,000
	
23.22 	For a grant to the city of Maplewood to 
23.23 	purchase, renovate, and make health, safety, 
23.24 	and security improvements to the former St. 
23.25 	Paul's Monastery to provide housing and 
23.26 	various support programs for individuals 
23.27 	and families in crisis. This appropriation 
23.28 	is not available until the commissioner has 
23.29 	determined that at least an equal amount has 
23.30 	been committed to the project from nonstate 
23.31 	sources.

23.32	Subd. 9.Pine Technical College

23.33
23.34	Entrepreneurship and Technology Business 
Incubator
				250,000
	
24.1 	For a grant to the Board of Trustees of the 
24.2 	Minnesota State Colleges and Universities 
24.3 	to design, construct, furnish, and equip an 
24.4 	entrepreneurship and technology business 
24.5 	incubator at Pine Technical College. This 
24.6 	appropriation is not available until the board 
24.7 	determines that an equal match has been 
24.8 	committed from nonstate sources, including 
24.9 	a grant from the United States Economic 
24.10 	Development Administration.

24.11	Subd. 10.Saint Cloud Civic Center
 				1,000,000
	
24.12 	For a grant to the city of St. Cloud to 
24.13 	predesign and design an expansion of the 
24.14 	St. Cloud Civic Center, including a parking 
24.15 	facility and pedestrian skyway connection. 
24.16 	This appropriation is not available until the 
24.17 	commissioner of management and budget 
24.18 	determines that at least an equal amount has 
24.19 	been committed to the project from nonstate 
24.20 	sources. Amounts expended by the city of St. 
24.21 	Cloud for project costs since July 1, 2010, 
24.22 	shall count toward the matching requirement.

24.23
24.24	Subd. 11.Saint Paul, Beacon Bluff Business 
and Jobs Site Infrastructure Development
 				350,000
	
24.25 	For a grant to the Saint Paul Port Authority 
24.26 	for preliminary design and engineering of 
24.27 	improvements and betterments of a capital 
24.28 	nature, including utilities, all within the 
24.29 	Beacon Bluff Business Center along Phalen 
24.30 	Boulevard in Saint Paul.

24.31
24.32	Subd. 12.Saint Paul, Minnesota Children's 
Museum
 				12,000,000
	
24.33 	For a grant to the city of Saint Paul to 
24.34 	design, construct, furnish, and equip an 
24.35 	expansion and renovation of the Minnesota 
25.1 	Children's Museum, subject to Minnesota 
25.2 	Statutes, section 16A.695. The expansion 
25.3 	and exhibit upgrades should incorporate the 
25.4 	latest research on early learning, allow for 
25.5 	new state-of-the art education facilities for 
25.6 	Minnesota's early childhood educators, and 
25.7 	increase the capacity of visitors to galleries 
25.8 	and programming areas. This appropriation 
25.9 	is not available until the commissioner has 
25.10 	determined that at least an equal amount has 
25.11 	been committed from nonstate sources.

25.12	Subd. 13.Saint Paul, Regional Ballpark
 				2,000,000
	
25.13 	For a grant to the city of Saint Paul 
25.14 	for demolition and site preparation, 
25.15 	environmental work, and to predesign and 
25.16 	design a regional ballpark on the Gillette 
25.17 	site in lowertown in the city of Saint Paul. 
25.18 	This appropriation is not available until the 
25.19 	commissioner has determined that at least 
25.20 	an equal amount has been committed to the 
25.21 	project from nonstate sources.
25.22 	The city may employ or contract with 
25.23 	persons, firms, or corporations to perform 
25.24 	one or more or all of the functions of 
25.25 	architect, engineer, or construction manager 
25.26 	with respect to all or any part of the regional 
25.27 	ballpark and related public infrastructure. 
25.28 	The city may deliver the project through 
25.29 	either a design-build or construction manager 
25.30 	at-risk method. Alternatively, at the request 
25.31 	of a minor league baseball team, and with the 
25.32 	consent of the city, the city may authorize 
25.33 	the team to provide for the design and 
25.34 	construction for the ballpark and related 
25.35 	public infrastructure, subject to the terms of 
26.1 	this subdivision. To the extent practicable 
26.2 	and at the discretion of the city, the city may 
26.3 	have such rights and exercise such powers, 
26.4 	with respect to the acquisition, construction, 
26.5 	use, and operation of the regional ballpark, 
26.6 	as are granted to the Minnesota Ballpark 
26.7 	Authority under Minnesota Statutes, section 
26.8 	473.756. No consent or approval of another 
26.9 	political subdivision is required for the 
26.10 	effectiveness or the exercise by the city of 
26.11 	such rights or powers.

26.12	Subd. 14.Stewartville - Fire Station Expansion
 				485,000
	
26.13 	For a grant to the city of Stewartville to 
26.14 	complete design work and engineering, and 
26.15 	to construct, furnish, and equip an expansion 
26.16 	and renovation of the city fire station. This 
26.17 	appropriation is not available until at least 
26.18 	an equal amount is committed to the project 
26.19 	from nonstate sources.

26.20	Sec. 21. PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY

26.21	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	23,600,000
	
26.22 	To the Public Facilities Authority for the 
26.23 	purposes specified in this section.

26.24
26.25	Subd. 2.Wastewater Infrastructure Funding 
Program
 				20,000,000
	
26.26 	For grants to eligible municipalities under the 
26.27 	wastewater infrastructure funding program 
26.28 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.072.
26.29 	$5,000,000 is for a grant to the Central Iron 
26.30 	Range Sanitary Sewer District to supplement 
26.31 	previous wastewater infrastructure funding 
26.32 	grants to design, construct, furnish, and equip 
26.33 	new wastewater treatment facilities, lift 
26.34 	stations, and force mains. This grant is not 
27.1 	subject to the limitations on the availability 
27.2 	or amount of the grant in Minnesota Statutes, 
27.3 	section 446A.072.

27.4	Subd. 3.Lutsen Lake Superior Water Project
 				3,600,000
	
27.5 	For a grant to the Lake Superior-Poplar River 
27.6 	Water District to acquire property interests, 
27.7 	engineer, design, permit, and construct works 
27.8 	and systems to transport and treat water 
27.9 	from Lake Superior through the Poplar River 
27.10 	Valley to serve domestic and irrigation water 
27.11 	users and commercial, stock watering, and 
27.12 	industrial users. This appropriation is not 
27.13 	available until the authority has determined 
27.14 	that at least $1,200,000 in nonstate match has 
27.15 	been committed to the project. Expenditures 
27.16 	made on or after October 1, 2011, shall count 
27.17 	towards the nonstate match.

27.18	Sec. 22. HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY
 			$
	5,000,000
	
27.19 	To the Housing Finance Agency to finance 
27.20 	the rehabilitation of public housing under 
27.21 	Minnesota Statutes, section 462A.202, 
27.22 	subdivision 3a. For purposes of this 
27.23 	section, "public housing" means housing for 
27.24 	low-income persons and households financed 
27.25 	by the federal government and owned and 
27.26 	operated by public housing authorities and 
27.27 	agencies formed by cities and counties. 
27.28 	Eligible public housing authorities must 
27.29 	have a public housing assessment system 
27.30 	rating of standard or above. Priority must be 
27.31 	given to proposals that maximize federal or 
27.32 	local resources to finance the capital costs. 
27.33 	The priority in Minnesota Statutes, section 
27.34 	462A.202, subdivision 3a, for projects to 
27.35 	increase the supply of affordable housing and 
28.1 	the restrictions of Minnesota Statutes, section 
28.2 	462A.202, subdivision 7, do not apply to this 
28.3 	appropriation. 

28.4
28.5	Sec. 23. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL 
SOCIETY

28.6	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	3,250,000
	
28.7 	To the Minnesota Historical Society for the 
28.8 	purposes specified in this section.

28.9	Subd. 2.Asset Preservation
 				 2,000,000
	
28.10 	For capital improvements and betterments 
28.11 	at state historic sites, buildings, landscaping 
28.12 	at historic buildings, exhibits, markers, and 
28.13 	monuments, to be spent in accordance with 
28.14 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307. The 
28.15 	society shall determine project priorities as 
28.16 	appropriate based on need.

28.17
28.18	Subd. 3.Oliver Kelley Farm Historic Site 
Revitalization Design
 				500,000
	
28.19 	To complete design of the renovation of the 
28.20 	Oliver H. Kelley Historic Site, including the 
28.21 	site's visitor center and other essential visitor 
28.22 	services and site operations facilities.

28.23
28.24	Subd. 4.County and Local Preservation 
Grants
 				 750,000
	
28.25 	To be allocated to county and local 
28.26 	jurisdictions as matching money for historic 
28.27 	preservation projects of a capital nature, 
28.28 	as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 
28.29 	138.0525.

28.30	Sec. 24. BOND SALE EXPENSES
 			$
	 281,000
	
28.31 	To the commissioner of management 
28.32 	and budget for bond sale expenses under 
29.1 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641, 
29.2 	subdivision 8.

29.3 	Sec. 25. BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.
 29.4 		Subdivision 1.Bond proceeds fund. To provide the money appropriated in this act 
29.5 	from the bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and 
29.6 	issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $305,429,000 in the manner, upon the terms, 
29.7 	and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and 
29.8 	by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
29.9 		Subd. 2.Transportation fund. To provide the money appropriated in this act from 
29.10 	the state transportation fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and 
29.11 	issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $20,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and 
29.12 	with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by 
29.13 	the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7. The proceeds of the bonds, except 
29.14 	accrued interest and any premium received on the sale of the bonds, must be credited to 
29.15 	a bond proceeds account in the state transportation fund.

29.16 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16B.32, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
29.17 		Subdivision 1.Alternative energy sources. Plans prepared by the commissioner 
29.18 	for a new building or for a renovation of 50 percent or more of an existing building or its 
29.19 	energy systems must include designs which use active and passive solar energy systems,
29.20 	earth sheltered construction, and other alternative energy sources where feasible.

29.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

29.22 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16B.32, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
29.23 		Subd. 1a.Onsite energy generation from renewable sources. A state agency that 
29.24 	prepares a predesign for a new building must consider meeting at least two percent of the 
29.25 	energy needs of the building from renewable sources wind energy located on the building 
29.26 	site. For purposes of this subdivision, "renewable sources" are limited to wind and the 
29.27 	sun. The predesign must include an explicit cost and price analysis of complying with the 
29.28 	two-percent requirement compared with the present and future costs of energy supplied by 
29.29 	a public utility from a location away from the building site and the present and future costs 
29.30 	of controlling carbon emissions. If the analysis concludes that the building should not 
29.31 	meet at least two percent of its energy needs from renewable sources wind energy located 
29.32 	on the building site, the analysis must provide explicit reasons why not. The building may 
30.1 	not receive further state appropriations for design or construction unless at least two 
30.2 	percent of its energy needs are designed to be met from renewable sources wind energy, 
30.3 	unless the commissioner finds that the reasons given by the agency for not meeting the 
30.4 	two-percent requirement were supported by evidence in the record.

30.5 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

30.6 	Sec. 28. [16B.323] SOLAR ENERGY IN STATE BUILDINGS.
30.7 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms 
30.8 	have the meanings given.
30.9 	(b) "Made in Minnesota" means the manufacture in this state of:
30.10 	(i) components of a solar thermal system certified by the Solar Rating and 
30.11 	Certification Corporation; or 
30.12 	(ii) solar photovoltaic modules that: 
30.13 	(1) are manufactured at a manufacturing facility that is registered and authorized 
30.14 	to manufacture those solar photovoltaic modules by Underwriters Laboratory, CSA 
30.15 	International, Intertek, or an equivalent independent testing agency; 
30.16 	(2) bear certification marks from Underwriters Laboratory, CSA International, 
30.17 	Intertek, or an equivalent independent testing agency; and  
30.18 	(3) meet the requirements of section 116C.7791, subdivision 3, paragraph (a), 
30.19 	clauses (1), (5), and (6). 
30.20 	 For the purposes of clause (ii), "manufactured" has the meaning given in section 
30.21 	116C.7791, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clauses (1) and (2).
30.22 	(c) "Major renovation" means a substantial addition to an existing building, or 
30.23 	a substantial change to the interior configuration or the energy system of an existing 
30.24 	building. 
30.25 	(d) "Solar energy system" means solar photovoltaic modules alone or installed in 
30.26 	conjunction with a solar thermal system. 
30.27 	(e) "Solar photovoltaic module" has the meaning given in section 116C.7791, 
30.28 	subdivision 1, paragraph (e). 
30.29 	(f) "Solar thermal system" has the meaning given "qualifying solar thermal project" 
30.30 	in section 216B.2411, subdivision 2, paragraph (e). 
30.31 	(g) "State building" means a building whose construction or renovation is paid 
30.32 	wholly or in part by the state, from any source of funds.
30.33 		Subd. 2.Percent of appropriation for solar energy. (a) Any appropriation 
30.34 	made for the construction or major renovation of a state building, except as provided in 
30.35 	paragraph (c), must include an amount equal to five percent of the appropriation for the 
31.1 	purchase and installation of "Made in Minnesota" solar energy systems on or adjacent to 
31.2 	the state building.
31.3 	(b) An appropriation made under this section may not be used to purchase and install:
31.4 	(i) solar photovoltaic modules on a single building that, in aggregate, exceed a 
31.5 	capacity of 40 kilowatts; or 
31.6 	(ii) a solar thermal system that does not operate conjointly with photovoltaic modules 
31.7 	on the same building.  Purchase and installation of a solar thermal system may account for 
31.8 	no more than 25 percent of the total appropriation for a building made under this section.
31.9 	(c) The commissioner may exempt a major renovation of a state building from the 
31.10 	requirements of this section if the commissioner finds that the structural soundness or 
31.11 	other physical condition of the state building to be renovated makes the installation of a 
31.12 	solar energy system infeasible.

31.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

31.14 	Sec. 29. [116J.436] TRANSPORTATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 
31.15 	INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM.
31.16 		Subdivision 1.Grant program established; purpose. The transportation economic 
31.17 	development infrastructure program is created to foster interagency coordination between 
31.18 	the Departments of Transportation and Employment and Economic Development to 
31.19 	finance infrastructure to create economic development opportunities, jobs, and improve all 
31.20 	types of transportation systems statewide.
31.21 		Subd. 2.Eligible projects. Funds appropriated for the program must be used to 
31.22 	fund construction, reconstruction, and infrastructure improvements that will promote 
31.23 	economic development, increase employment, and improve transportation systems to 
31.24 	accommodate private investment and job creation.
31.25 		Subd. 3.Trunk highway projects. Money in the program shall not be used on 
31.26 	trunk highway improvements, but can be used for needed infrastructure improvements 
31.27 	and nontrunk highway improvements in coordination with trunk highway improvement 
31.28 	projects undertaken by the Department of Transportation.
31.29 		Subd. 4.Application. The commissioners of transportation and employment and 
31.30 	economic development shall design an application process and selection process to 
31.31 	distribute funding to local units of government for publicly owned infrastructure using 
31.32 	criteria that take into account: job creation; increase in local tax base; level of private 
31.33 	investment; leverage of nonstate funds; improvement to the transportation system to serve 
31.34 	the project area; and appropriate geographic balance between the metropolitan area and 
31.35 	greater Minnesota.

32.1 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 462A.21, is amended by adding a 
32.2 	subdivision to read:
32.3 		Subd. 33.Housing infrastructure bonds account. The agency may establish a 
32.4 	housing infrastructure bond account as a separate account within the housing development 
32.5 	fund. Proceeds of housing infrastructure bonds and payments made by the state under 
32.6 	section 462A.37 may be credited to the account. The agency may transfer the proceeds of 
32.7 	housing infrastructure bonds to other accounts within the housing development fund that it 
32.8 	determines appropriate to accomplish the purposes for which the bonds are authorized 
32.9 	under section 462A.37.

32.10 	Sec. 31. [462A.37] HOUSING INFRASTRUCTURE BONDS; 
32.11 	AUTHORIZATION; STANDING APPROPRIATION.
32.12 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms 
32.13 	have the meanings given.
32.14 	(b) "Abandoned property" has the meaning given in section 117.025, subdivision 5.
32.15 	(c) "Community land trust" means an entity that meets the requirements of section 
32.16 	462A.31, subdivisions 1 and 2.
32.17 	(d) "Debt service" means the amount payable in any fiscal year of principal, 
32.18 	premium, if any, and interest on housing infrastructure bonds and the fees, charges, and 
32.19 	expenses related to the bonds.
32.20 	(e) "Foreclosed property" means residential property where foreclosure proceedings 
32.21 	have been initiated or have been completed and title transferred or where title is transferred 
32.22 	in lieu of foreclosure.
32.23 	(f) "Housing infrastructure bonds" means bonds issued by the agency under chapter 
32.24 	462A that are qualified 501(c)(3) bonds, within the meaning of Section 145(a) of the 
32.25 	Internal Revenue Code, or are tax-exempt bonds that are not private activity bonds, within 
32.26 	the meaning of Section 141(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, for the purpose of financing 
32.27 	or refinancing affordable housing authorized under this chapter.
32.28 	(g) "Internal Revenue Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
32.29 	(h) "Supportive housing" means housing that is not time-limited and provides or 
32.30 	coordinates with linkages to services necessary for residents to maintain housing stability 
32.31 	and maximize opportunities for education and employment.
32.32 		Subd. 2.Authorization. (a) The agency may issue up to $10,000,000 in aggregate 
32.33 	principal amount of housing infrastructure bonds in one or more series to which the 
32.34 	payment made under this section may be pledged. The housing infrastructure bonds 
33.1 	authorized in this subdivision may be issued to fund loans, on terms and conditions the 
33.2 	agency deems appropriate, made for one or more of the following purposes:
33.3 	(1) to finance the costs of the construction, acquisition, and rehabilitation of 
33.4 	supportive housing for individuals and families who are without a permanent residence;
33.5 	(2) to finance the costs of the acquisition and rehabilitation of foreclosed or 
33.6 	abandoned housing to be used for affordable rental housing and the costs of new 
33.7 	construction of rental housing on abandoned or foreclosed property where the existing 
33.8 	structures will be demolished or removed;
33.9 	(3) to finance that portion of the costs of acquisition of abandoned or foreclosed 
33.10 	property that is attributable to the land to be leased by community land trusts to low- 
33.11 	and moderate-income homebuyers; and
33.12 	(4) to finance the costs of acquisition and rehabilitation of federally assisted rental 
33.13 	housing and for the refinancing of costs of the construction, acquisition, and rehabilitation 
33.14 	of federally assisted rental housing, including providing funds to refund, in whole or in 
33.15 	part, outstanding bonds previously issued by the agency or another governmental unit to 
33.16 	finance or refinance such costs.
33.17 	(b) Among comparable proposals for permanent supportive housing, preference 
33.18 	shall be given to permanent supportive housing for individuals or families who: (1) either 
33.19 	have been without a permanent residence for at least 12 months or at least four times in 
33.20 	the last three years; or (2) are at significant risk of lacking a permanent residence for 12 
33.21 	months or at least four times in the last three years.
33.22 		Subd. 3.No full faith and credit. The housing infrastructure bonds are not public 
33.23 	debt of the state, and the full faith and credit and taxing powers of the state are not pledged 
33.24 	to the payment of the housing infrastructure bonds or to any payment that the state agrees 
33.25 	to make under this section. The bonds must contain a conspicuous statement to that effect.
33.26 		Subd. 4.Appropriation; payment to agency or trustee. (a) The agency must 
33.27 	certify annually to the commissioner of management and budget the actual amount of 
33.28 	annual debt service on each series of bonds issued under subdivision 2.
33.29 	(b) Each July 15, beginning in 2013 and through 2035, if any housing infrastructure 
33.30 	bonds issued under subdivision 2 remain outstanding, the commissioner of management 
33.31 	and budget must transfer to the affordable housing bond account established under 
33.32 	section 462A.21, subdivision 33, the amount certified under paragraph (a), not to exceed 
33.33 	$1,850,000 annually. The amounts necessary to make the transfers are appropriated from 
33.34 	the general fund to the commissioner of management and budget.
33.35 	(c) The agency may pledge to the payment of the housing infrastructure bonds the 
33.36 	payments to be made by the state under this section.

34.1 	Sec. 32. Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 7, subdivision 23, as amended by Laws 2010, 
34.2 	chapter 399, section 2, is amended to read:

34.3	Subd. 23.Trail connections
 				2,010,000
	
34.4 	For matching grants under Minnesota 
34.5 	Statutes, section 85.019, subdivision 4c.
34.6 	$500,000 is for a grant to Carlton County 
34.7 	to predesign, design, and construct a 
34.8 	nonmotorized pedestrian trail connection 
34.9 	to the Willard Munger State Trail from the 
34.10 	city of Carlton through the city of Scanlon 
34.11 	continuing to the city of Cloquet, along the 
34.12 	St. Louis River in Carlton County.
34.13 	$260,000 is to provide the state match for the 
34.14 	cost of the Soo Line Multiuse Recreational 
34.15 	Bridge project over marked Trunk Highway 
34.16 	169 in Mille Lacs County. 
34.17 	$175,000 is for a grant to the city of Bowlus 
34.18 	in Morrison County to design, construct, 
34.19 	furnish, and equip a trailhead center at the 
34.20 	head of the Soo Line Recreational Trail.
34.21 	$125,000 is for a grant to Morrison 
34.22 	County to predesign, design, construct, 
34.23 	furnish, and equip a park-and-ride lot and 
34.24 	restroom building adjacent to the Soo Line 
34.25 	Recreational Trail at U.S. Highway 10.
34.26 	$950,000 is for a grant to the St. Louis 
34.27 	and Lake Counties Regional Railroad 
34.28 	Authority for land acquisition, engineering, 
34.29 	construction, furnishing, and equipping of 
34.30 	a 19-mile "Boundary Waters Connection" 
34.31 	of the Mesabi Trail from Bearhead State 
34.32 	Park to the International Wolf Center in 
34.33 	Ely. This appropriation is contingent upon 
34.34 	a matching contribution of $950,000 from 
35.1 	other sources, public or private. segment of 
35.2 	the Mesabi Trail from County Road 697 in 
35.3 	Breitung Township east through Vermilion 
35.4 	State Park. Notwithstanding Minnesota 
35.5 	Statutes, section 85.019, no local match shall 
35.6 	be required for this grant. Notwithstanding 
35.7 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, the 
35.8 	bond authorization and appropriation of bond 
35.9 	proceeds for this project are available until 
35.10 	June 30, 2014.

35.11 	Sec. 33. Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 17, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

35.12
35.13	Subd. 3.Cedar Avenue Bus Rapid Transit 
(BRT)
 				5,000,000
	
35.14 	To the Metropolitan Council or for a 
35.15 	grant to Dakota County for environmental 
35.16 	studies, preliminary engineering, bus 
35.17 	lane improvements, and transit station 
35.18 	construction and improvements in the Cedar 
35.19 	Avenue Bus Rapid Transit Corridor.
35.20 	This appropriation may not be spent for 
35.21 	capital improvements within a trunk highway 
35.22 	right-of-way.

35.23 	Sec. 34. Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 7, subdivision 27, as amended by Laws 2010, 
35.24 	chapter 189, section 56, and Laws 2010, chapter 399, section 4, is amended to read:

35.25
35.26	Subd. 27.State Trail Acquisition, 
Rehabilitation, and Development
 				15,320,000
	
35.27 	To acquire land for and to construct and 
35.28 	renovate state trails under Minnesota 
35.29 	Statutes, section 85.015.
35.30 	$970,000 is for the Chester Woods Trail 
35.31 	from Rochester to Dover. Notwithstanding 
35.32 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, the 
35.33 	bond authorization and appropriation of bond 
36.1 	proceeds for this project are available until 
36.2 	June 30, 2016.
36.3 	$700,000 is for the Casey Jones Trail.
36.4 	$750,000 is for the Gateway Trail, to replace 
36.5 	an at-grade crossing of the Gateway Trail 
36.6 	at Highway 120 with a grade-separated 
36.7 	crossing.
36.8 	$1,600,000 is for the Gitchi-Gami Trail 
36.9 	between Silver Bay and Tettegouche State 
36.10 	Park.
36.11 	$1,500,000 is for the Great River Ridge Trail 
36.12 	from Plainview to Elgin to Eyota. 
36.13 	$1,500,000 is for the Heartland Trail.
36.14 	$500,000 is for the Mill Towns Trail from 
36.15 	Lake Byllesby Park to Cannon Falls.
36.16 	$150,000 is for the Mill Towns Trail within 
36.17 	the city of Faribault.
36.18 	$1,500,000 is for the Minnesota River 
36.19 	Trail from Appleton to Milan and to 
36.20 	the Marsh Lake Dam. Notwithstanding 
36.21 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, the 
36.22 	bond authorization and appropriation of bond 
36.23 	proceeds for this project are available until 
36.24 	December 30, 2014.
36.25 	$2,000,000 is for the Paul Bunyan Trail from 
36.26 	Walker to Guthrie.
36.27 	$250,000 is for the Root River Trail from 
36.28 	Preston to Forestville State Park.
36.29 	$100,000 is for the Root River Trail, the 
36.30 	eastern extension.
36.31 	$250,000 is for the Root River Trail, the 
36.32 	eastern extension Wagon Wheel.
37.1 	$550,000 is to connect the Stagecoach Trail 
37.2 	with the Douglas Trail in Olmsted County.
37.3 	$3,000,000 is to rehabilitate state trails.
37.4 	For any project listed in this subdivision that 
37.5 	the commissioner determines is not ready to 
37.6 	proceed, the commissioner may allocate that 
37.7 	project's money to another state trail project 
37.8 	in this subdivision. The chairs of the house 
37.9 	and senate committees with jurisdiction 
37.10 	over environment and natural resources 
37.11 	and legislators from the affected legislative 
37.12 	districts must be notified of any changes.

37.13 	Sec. 35. Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 17, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

37.14	Subd. 4.Cedar Avenue Bus Rapid Transit
 				4,000,000
	
37.15 	To the Metropolitan Council or to the 
37.16 	Council to grant to Dakota County, the 
37.17 	Dakota County Regional Railroad Authority, 
37.18 	or the Minnesota Valley Transit Authority to 
37.19 	acquire land, or an interest in land, and to for
37.20 	design, environmental studies, preliminary 
37.21 	engineering, bus lane improvements, layover 
37.22 	and maintenance facilities, and transit station 
37.23 	construction and improvements in the Cedar 
37.24 	Avenue Bus Rapid Transit corridor in Dakota 
37.25 	County. This appropriation may not be spent 
37.26 	for capital improvements within a trunk 
37.27 	highway right-of-way. This appropriation 
37.28 	is added to the appropriation in Laws 2006, 
37.29 	chapter 258, section 17, subdivision 3.

37.30 	Sec. 36. Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 19, subdivision 4, as amended by Laws 2011, 
37.31 	First Special Session chapter 12, section 34, is amended to read:

37.32	Subd. 4.Minneapolis Veterans Home Campus

38.1	Building 17 HVAC Replacement
				1,155,000
	
38.2 	To predesign, design, and construct 
38.3 	improvements to heating, ventilation, air 
38.4 	conditioning, and lighting systems and 
38.5 	associated areas serving the south wing of 
38.6 	Building 17. Any unspent funds from this 
38.7 	appropriation may be used for the purposes 
38.8 	provided under Laws 2010, chapter 189, 
38.9 	section 19, subdivision 4, as amended by 
38.10 	Laws 2010, chapter 399, section 8, and 
38.11 	Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 12, 
38.12 	section 46.

38.13 	Sec. 37. Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 21, subdivision 15, as amended by Laws 
38.14 	2008, chapter 365, section 22, and Laws 2008, chapter 370, section 6, is amended to read:

38.15
38.16	Subd. 15. St. Cloud State University - National 
Hockey Center; HEAPR
 				6,500,000 
	
38.17 	To the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota 
38.18 	State Colleges and Universities to predesign, 
38.19 	design, construct, furnish, and equip the 
38.20 	renovation of and addition to the National 
38.21 	Hockey Center or for higher education asset 
38.22 	preservation and replacement (HEAPR) 
38.23 	pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 
38.24 	135A.046, at St. Cloud State University or 
38.25 	systemwide. The board may use university 
38.26 	and nonstate money for the remainder of 
38.27 	the cost of the construction of the National 
38.28 	Hockey Center project. Notwithstanding 
38.29 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, the 
38.30 	bond authorization and appropriation of bond 
38.31 	proceeds in this subdivision are available 
38.32 	until June 30, 2016.

38.33 	Sec. 38. Laws 2009, chapter 93, article 1, section 12, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

39.1
39.2	Subd. 2.Transit Capital Improvement 
Program
 				21,000,000
	
39.3 	(a) To the Metropolitan Council. $8,500,000 
39.4 	is for the state's share of costs for the Central 
39.5 	Corridor light rail line for one or more of the 
39.6 	following activities: preliminary engineering, 
39.7 	final design, property acquisition, including 
39.8 	improvements and betterments of a capital 
39.9 	nature, relocation of utilities owned by public 
39.10 	entities, and construction.
39.11 	(b) Any remaining money from this 
39.12 	appropriation is to implement one or more of 
39.13 	the following capital improvements, which 
39.14 	are not listed in a ranked order of priority. 
39.15 	The council shall determine project priorities 
39.16 	after consultation with the Counties Transit 
39.17 	Improvement Board, and other stakeholders, 
39.18 	as appropriate. The council shall seek 
39.19 	geographic balance in the allotment of this 
39.20 	appropriation where possible and maximize 
39.21 	the use of all available federal money from 
39.22 	the American Recovery and Reinvestment 
39.23 	Act of 2009, Public Law 111-5, and any 
39.24 	other available federal money.

39.25	(1) Bottineau Boulevard Transit Way
					
39.26 	For a grant to the Hennepin County Regional 
39.27 	Railroad Authority for environmental work 
39.28 	for Bottineau Transit Way corridor from the 
39.29 	Hiawatha light rail and Northstar intermodal 
39.30 	transit station in downtown Minneapolis to 
39.31 	the vicinity of the Target development in 
39.32 	northern Brooklyn Park or the Arbor Lakes 
39.33 	retail area in Maple Grove.

39.34	(2) Cedar Avenue Bus Rapid Transit
					
40.1 	To the Metropolitan Council or to the 
40.2 	Council for a grant to Dakota County, the 
40.3 	Dakota County Regional Rail Railroad
40.4 	Authority, or the Minnesota Valley Transit 
40.5 	Authority to acquire real property and 
40.6 	construct, for preliminary engineering, and to 
40.7 	design and construct transit stations, layover 
40.8 	and maintenance facilities, and roadway 
40.9 	improvements for shoulder running bus lanes 
40.10 	on County State-Aid Highway 23 in Apple 
40.11 	Valley and Lakeville for the Cedar Avenue 
40.12 	Bus Rapid Transit Way (BRT) in Dakota 
40.13 	County.

40.14	(3) I-94 Corridor Transit Way
					
40.15 	(i) For a grant to Washington County 
40.16 	Regional Rail Authority for environmental 
40.17 	work and preliminary engineering of 
40.18 	transportation and transit improvements, 
40.19 	including busways, park-and-rides, or rail 
40.20 	transit, in the marked Interstate Highway 94 
40.21 	corridor.
40.22 	(ii) To acquire property and construct 
40.23 	transportation and transit improvements, 
40.24 	including busways, park-and-rides, or rail 
40.25 	transit, in the marked Interstate Highway 94 
40.26 	corridor.

40.27	(4) Red Rock Corridor Transit Way
					
40.28 	To design, construct, and furnish 
40.29 	park-and-ride lots for the Red Rock 
40.30 	Corridor Transit Way between Hastings and 
40.31 	Minneapolis via St. Paul, and any extension 
40.32 	between Hastings and Red Wing.

40.33	(5) Riverview Corridor Transit Way
					
41.1 	For a grant to the Ramsey County Regional 
41.2 	Railroad Authority for environmental work 
41.3 	and preliminary engineering for bus rapid 
41.4 	transit in the Riverview corridor between the 
41.5 	east side of St. Paul and the Minneapolis-St. 
41.6 	Paul International Airport and the Mall of 
41.7 	America.

41.8	(6) Robert Street Corridor Transit Way
					
41.9 	To design and construct new passenger 
41.10 	shelters and a bus layover facility, including 
41.11 	rest rooms, break areas, and a passenger 
41.12 	shelter, in the Robert Street Corridor Transit 
41.13 	Way along or parallel to U.S. Highway 
41.14 	52 and Robert Street from within the city 
41.15 	of St. Paul to Dakota County Road 42 in 
41.16 	Rosemount.

41.17	(7) Rush Line Corridor Transit Way
					
41.18 	For a grant to the Ramsey County Regional 
41.19 	Railroad Authority to acquire land for, 
41.20 	design, and construct park-and-ride or 
41.21 	park-and-pool lots located along the Rush 
41.22 	Line Corridor along I-35E/I-35 and Highway 
41.23 	61 from the Union Depot in downtown St. 
41.24 	Paul to Hinckley.

41.25	(8) Southwest Corridor Transit Way
					
41.26 	To prepare an environmental impact 
41.27 	statement (EIS) and for preliminary 
41.28 	engineering for the Southwest Transit Way 
41.29 	Corridor, from the Hiawatha light rail in 
41.30 	downtown Minneapolis to the vicinity of the 
41.31 	Southwest Station transit hub in Eden Prairie. 
41.32 	The Metropolitan Council may grant a 
41.33 	portion of this appropriation to the Hennepin 
42.1 	County Regional Railroad Authority for the 
42.2 	EIS work.

42.3	(9) Union Depot
					
42.4 	For a grant to the Ramsey County Regional 
42.5 	Railroad Authority to acquire land and 
42.6 	structures, to renovate structures, and 
42.7 	for design, engineering, and construction 
42.8 	to revitalize Union Depot for use as a 
42.9 	multimodal transit center in St. Paul. The 
42.10 	center must be designed so that it facilitates a 
42.11 	potential future connection of high-speed rail 
42.12 	to Minneapolis.
42.13 	(c) Of this amount, $313,000 is for 
42.14 	preliminary engineering and final design for 
42.15 	betterments in the State Capitol area related 
42.16 	to the Central Corridor light rail transit 
42.17 	project. This money is not included in the 
42.18 	Central Corridor light rail transit project 
42.19 	budget.

42.20 	Sec. 39. Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 7, subdivision 12, is amended to read:

42.21	Subd. 12.Shade Tree Program
 				3,000,000
	
42.22 	For Department of Natural Resources 
42.23 	expenditures on state lands, if recommended 
42.24 	by an adjacent or coterminous unit of local 
42.25 	government, and for grants to cities, counties, 
42.26 	townships, and park and recreation boards 
42.27 	in cities of the first class for the planting of 
42.28 	publicly owned shade trees on public land 
42.29 	to provide environmental benefits; replace 
42.30 	trees lost to forest pests, disease or storm; or 
42.31 	to establish a more diverse community forest 
42.32 	better able to withstand disease and forest 
42.33 	pests. The commissioner must give priority 
42.34 	to grant requests to remove and replace 
43.1 	trees with active infestations of emerald ash 
43.2 	borer. For purposes of this appropriation, 
43.3 	"shade tree" means a woody perennial grown 
43.4 	primarily for aesthetic or environmental 
43.5 	purposes with minimal to residual timber 
43.6 	value and no intent to harvest the tree for its 
43.7 	wood. Any tree planted with funding under 
43.8 	this subdivision must be a species native to 
43.9 	Minnesota.

43.10 	Sec. 40. Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 18, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

43.11
43.12	Subd. 5.Minnesota Sex Offender Program 
Treatment Facilities - Moose Lake
 				47,500,000
	
43.13 	To complete design for and to construct, 
43.14 	furnish, and equip phase 2 of the Minnesota 
43.15 	sex offender treatment program at Moose 
43.16 	Lake. Upon substantial completion 
43.17 	of this project, the unspent portion of 
43.18 	this appropriation is available for asset 
43.19 	preservation projects for the Moose Lake 
43.20 	campus of the Minnesota sex offender 
43.21 	program, including design and construction 
43.22 	of a replacement water tower, abatement 
43.23 	of hazardous materials, and the demolition 
43.24 	of the existing water tower serving the 
43.25 	Moose Lake sex offender program and the 
43.26 	Department of Corrections Moose Lake 
43.27 	facility. The water tower project must 
43.28 	be cost-shared with the Department of 
43.29 	Corrections.

43.30 	Sec. 41. Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 24, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

43.31
43.32	Subd. 3.County and Local Preservation 
Grants
 				1,000,000
	
43.33 	To be allocated to county and local 
43.34 	jurisdictions as matching money for historic 
44.1 	preservation projects of a capital nature, 
44.2 	as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 
44.3 	138.0525.
44.4 	$150,000 is for a grant to the city of South St. 
44.5 	Paul to renovate the historically significant 
44.6 	1941 Navy Hangar at 310 Airport Road at 
44.7 	Fleming Field in the city to meet life safety 
44.8 	and building code requirements, subject to 
44.9 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695. No 
44.10 	local match is required for this grant.

44.11 	Sec. 42. Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 12, section 3, subdivision 7, is 
44.12 	amended to read:

44.13	Subd. 7.Normandale Community College

44.14
44.15	Academic Partnership Center and Student 
Services
				21,984,000
	
44.16 	To design, construct, furnish, and equip a 
44.17 	new building for classrooms and offices and 
44.18 	to design, construct, furnish, and equip the 
44.19 	renovation of the Student Services Building.

44.20 	Sec. 43. Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 12, section 3, subdivision 8, is 
44.21 	amended to read:

44.22
44.23	Subd. 8.NHED Mesabi Range Community 
and Technical College, Virginia

44.24	Iron Range Engineering Program Facilities
				3,000,000
	
44.25 	To predesign, design, construct, furnish, 
44.26 	and equip an addition to and renovation of 
44.27 	existing space for the Iron Range engineering 
44.28 	program, including laboratory spaces, other 
44.29 	learning spaces, and improvements to the 
44.30 	entrance, and to acquire a privately owned 
44.31 	housing facility on the campus.

45.1 	Sec. 44. Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 12, section 14, subdivision 2, 
45.2 	is amended to read:

45.3
45.4	Subd. 2.Transit Capital Improvement 
Program
 				20,000,000
	
45.5 	To the Metropolitan Council or for the 
45.6 	Council to grant to Anoka County Regional 
45.7 	Railroad Authority, Dakota County, Dakota 
45.8 	County Regional Railroad Authority, 
45.9 	Hennepin County, Hennepin County 
45.10 	Regional Railroad Authority, Minnesota 
45.11 	Valley Transit Authority, Ramsey County 
45.12 	Regional Railroad Authority, or Washington 
45.13 	County Regional Railroad Authority to 
45.14 	perform environmental studies, preliminary 
45.15 	engineering, acquire property or an interest 
45.16 	in property, design or construct transitway 
45.17 	facilities and infrastructure, including 
45.18 	roadways, for the following transitway 
45.19 	projects: Northstar Ramsey station, 
45.20 	Gateway (I-94 East) corridor, Minneapolis 
45.21 	Interchange facility, Red Rock corridor, 
45.22 	Newport park-and-ride and station, Rush 
45.23 	Line corridor, Robert Street corridor, 35W 
45.24 	South Bus Rapid Transit, and Cedar Avenue 
45.25 	Bus Rapid Transit.

45.26 	Sec. 45. Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 12, section 19, is amended to read:

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

45.28	Wastewater Infrastructure Funding Program
					
45.29 	To the Public Facilities Authority for 
45.30 	grants to eligible municipalities under the 
45.31 	wastewater infrastructure funding program 
45.32 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.072.
45.33 	Notwithstanding the criteria and requirements 
45.34 	of Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.072, 
46.1 	up to $1,000,000 of this appropriation is for 
46.2 	a grant to the city of Albert Lea to design, 
46.3 	construct, and equip water and sewer utilities 
46.4 	in the area of Broadway Avenue and Main 
46.5 	Street. This project may include demolition 
46.6 	of deteriorating concrete curbs, gutters, 
46.7 	sidewalks, and streets above the utilities, 
46.8 	and the construction costs to replace and 
46.9 	rehabilitate the infrastructure.

46.10 	Sec. 46. Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 12, section 22, is amended to read:
46.11 	Sec. 22. BOND SALE SCHEDULE.
 46.12 	The commissioner of management and budget shall schedule the sale of state 
46.13 	general obligation bonds so that, during the biennium ending June 30, 2013, no more than 
46.14 	$1,200,858,000 $1,088,452,000 will need to be transferred from the general fund to the 
46.15 	state bond fund to pay principal and interest due and to become due on outstanding state 
46.16 	general obligation bonds. Of the amount transferred, $452,708,000 is from the general 
46.17 	fund and $635,744,000 is from the tobacco settlement bond proceeds fund. During 
46.18 	the biennium, before each sale of state general obligation bonds, the commissioner of 
46.19 	management and budget shall calculate the amount of debt service payments needed on 
46.20 	bonds previously issued and shall estimate the amount of debt service payments that will 
46.21 	be needed on the bonds scheduled to be sold. The commissioner shall adjust the amount 
46.22 	of bonds scheduled to be sold so as to remain within the limit set by this section. The 
46.23 	amount needed to make the debt service payments is appropriated from the general fund 
46.24 	as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641.

46.25 	Sec. 47. LAKE SUPERIOR-POPLAR RIVER WATER DISTRICT.
 46.26 		Subdivision 1.Establishment. The Lake Superior-Poplar River Water District is 
46.27 	created as a municipal corporation, having the powers provided under Minnesota Statutes, 
46.28 	chapters 110A; 429, notwithstanding any provision of chapter 110A to the contrary; and 
46.29 	444. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the district shall not have the power to issue 
46.30 	general obligation bonds. Minnesota Statutes, sections 110A.04, 110A.07, and 110A.09 to 
46.31 	110A.18, shall not apply to the district or to the board created by this act.
46.32 		Subd. 2.Definitions. For purposes of applying Minnesota Statutes, chapter 110A, 
46.33 	to this act, "works" and "systems" shall include irrigation purposes, "court" is deemed to 
47.1 	refer to the board of county commissioners; and "secretary of state" is deemed to refer to 
47.2 	the county auditor.
47.3 		Subd. 3.Territory included in district. The territory of the district shall include 
47.4 	all lands within Sections 20, 21, 28, 29, 32, and 33 of Township 60 North, Range 3 West 
47.5 	of the Fourth Principal Meridian. Additional territory may be added as provided in 
47.6 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 110A.19 to 110A.22.
47.7 		Subd. 4.Payment of costs. No person shall be obligated to purchase or be entitled 
47.8 	to receive water from the district unless that person is a party to a contract to purchase 
47.9 	water from the district. Excluding any initial capital investment funded by the state, all 
47.10 	capital and operating expenses of the district shall be paid by the users in proportion to 
47.11 	their use of water. The cost of distribution lines: (1) departing from the main water pipe 
47.12 	from Lake Superior to the domestic water treatment plant to any user; or (2) from the 
47.13 	water treatment plant to any user, shall be paid for by the user of the water either at the 
47.14 	time of installation or by user charges that allow the district to recoup the full cost of the 
47.15 	distribution lines and the cost of financing. Subject to this subdivision and the availability 
47.16 	of water under any applicable permit with a state or federal agency, any owner of land 
47.17 	within the district may contract with the district for the purchase of water.
47.18 		Subd. 5.Board of directors; elections. (a) The district shall be governed by a 
47.19 	board of directors which shall have not less than three nor more than 13 members. The 
47.20 	district's initial directors shall be appointed by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, 
47.21 	with one director representing the domestic water users to serve for three years; up to two 
47.22 	directors representing the irrigation water users, one to serve for two years and one to 
47.23 	serve for three years; and up to two directors representing the commercial, stock watering, 
47.24 	and industrial users, one to serve for one year and one to serve for two years.
47.25 	(b) The district's establishment shall take effect upon the Cook County Board of 
47.26 	Commissioners' appointment of the initial directors. The initial directors shall meet for 
47.27 	the purposes of organization within 30 days of their appointment. Thereafter, except 
47.28 	as otherwise provided in this subdivision, directors shall be elected in accordance with 
47.29 	Minnesota Statutes, section 110A.24, from election divisions comprised of domestic water 
47.30 	users; irrigation water users, and commercial, stock watering, and industrial users. Each 
47.31 	use classification shall be entitled to elect one director, plus one additional director if its 
47.32 	expected water usage for the following fiscal year exceeds ten percent of total water 
47.33 	usage. Each water user within each use classification shall be entitled to cast one vote for 
47.34 	each one percent of expected water usage for the following fiscal year. A homeowner's 
47.35 	association shall vote on behalf of its members if duly authorized by appropriate action by 
47.36 	the association's members. Prior to each election, the board of directors shall determine 
48.1 	the use classifications entitled to vote, the expected water use percentage of each user and 
48.2 	of use classification for the following fiscal year, and the number of directors each such 
48.3 	use classification is entitled to elect. The elections shall be conducted and supervised by 
48.4 	the board of directors and ratified by the Cook County Board of Commissioners.

48.5 	EFFECTIVE DATE; LOCAL APPROVAL. This section is effective the day after 
48.6 	the governing body of Cook County and its chief clerical officer comply with Minnesota 
48.7 	Statutes, section 645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3.

48.8 	Sec. 48. ACQUISITIONS FOR CANISTEO PROJECT.
 48.9 	The commissioner of natural resources shall acquire, without undue delay, the land 
48.10 	or interests in land that are needed to construct a conveyance system and other betterments 
48.11 	to accommodate the water level and outflow of water level from the Canisteo mine pit. 
48.12 	The commissioner may acquire the land or interests in land by eminent domain, including 
48.13 	use of the possession procedures under Minnesota Statutes, section 117.042.

48.14 	Sec. 49. REPEALER.
 48.15 	Minnesota Rules, part 8895.0700, subpart 1, is repealed.

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