1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvement 
1.3 	projects; modifying grant programs; authorizing the Housing Finance Agency to 
1.4 	issue housing infrastructure bonds;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 
1.5 	12A.16, subdivision 5; 174.50, subdivision 7; 174.52, subdivision 3; 240A.09; 
1.6 	462A.37, subdivision 2, by adding subdivisions.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8	Section 1. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
1.9 	The sums shown in the column under "Appropriations" are appropriated from the 
1.10 	general fund to the state agencies or officials indicated, to be spent for public purposes. 
1.11 	Unless otherwise specified, the appropriations in this act are available until the project is 
1.12 	completed or abandoned subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642.

1.13	SUMMARY
	
1.14	Natural Resources
	$
	15,000,000
	
1.15	Agriculture
		325,000
	
1.16	Administration
		1,000,000
	
1.17	Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission
		1,500,000
	
1.18	Public Safety
		225,000
	
1.19	Transportation
		51,743,000
	
1.20	Veterans Affairs
		225,000
	
1.21	Corrections
		18,000,000
	
1.22	Employment and Economic Development
		83,255,000
	
1.23	Public Facilities Authority
		22,275,000
	
1.24	Minnesota Historical Society
		1,400,000
	
1.25	Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board
		3,800,000
	
1.26	TOTAL
	$
	198,748,000

1.27						APPROPRIATIONS

2.1	Sec. 2. NATURAL RESOURCES

2.2	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	15,000,000
	
2.3 	To the commissioner of natural resources for 
2.4 	the purposes specified in this section.

2.5	Subd. 2.Flood Hazard Mitigation
 				7,500,000
	
2.6 	(a) For the state share of flood hazard 
2.7 	mitigation grants for publicly owned capital 
2.8 	improvements to prevent or alleviate flood 
2.9 	damage under Minnesota Statutes, section 
2.10 	103F.161.
2.11 	(b) Levee projects, to the extent practical, 
2.12 	shall meet the state standard of three feet 
2.13 	above the 100-year flood elevation.
2.14 	(c) Project priorities shall be determined by 
2.15 	the commissioner as appropriate and based 
2.16 	on need, and to the extent possible, address 
2.17 	needs in the Moorhead and Montevideo areas 
2.18 	first.
2.19 	(d) This appropriation includes money 
2.20 	for the following county, township, and 
2.21 	municipal projects as prioritized by the 
2.22 	commissioner: Ada, Afton, Alvarado, 
2.23 	Argyle, Austin, Borup, Breckenridge, 
2.24 	Browntown, Climax, Crookston, Delano, 
2.25 	Granite Falls, Inver Grove Heights, Maynard, 
2.26 	Melrose, Minneota, Minnesota River Area II, 
2.27 	Montevideo, Moorhead, Newport, Nielsville, 
2.28 	Oakport Township, Oslo, Roseau, Rushford, 
2.29 	St. Vincent, South St. Paul, and Shelly.
2.30 	(e) This appropriation includes money for the 
2.31 	following watershed projects: Cedar River 
2.32 	Watershed District; North Ottawa, Bois 
2.33 	de Sioux Watershed District; Quick, Two 
2.34 	Rivers Watershed District; Redpath, Bois de 
3.1 	Sioux Watershed District; Roseau Wildlife 
3.2 	Management Area, Roseau River Watershed 
3.3 	District; and Shell Rock Watershed District.
3.4 	(f) For any project listed in this subdivision 
3.5 	that the commissioner determines is not 
3.6 	ready to proceed or does not expend all the 
3.7 	money allocated to it, the commissioner may 
3.8 	allocate that project's money to a project on 
3.9 	the commissioner's priority list.
3.10 	(g) To the extent that the cost of a project 
3.11 	exceeds two percent of the median household 
3.12 	income in a municipality or township 
3.13 	multiplied by the number of households in the 
3.14 	municipality or township, this appropriation 
3.15 	is also for the local share of the project.

3.16	Subd. 3.Fountain Lake Restoration
 				7,500,000
	
3.17 	For a grant to the Shell Rock River Watershed 
3.18 	District for sediment removal and cleanup 
3.19 	of Fountain Lake, including engineering, 
3.20 	design, permitting, and land acquisition for 
3.21 	deposit of removed sediment.

3.22	Sec. 3. AGRICULTURE
 			$
	325,000
	
3.23 	To the commissioner of agriculture for a grant 
3.24 	to the Aitkin County Agricultural Society 
3.25 	to predesign, design, construct, furnish, and 
3.26 	equip a shared food service building that 
3.27 	can be separated into three smaller food 
3.28 	preparation areas. This appropriation does 
3.29 	not require a nonstate contribution.

3.30	Sec. 4. ADMINISTRATION
 			$
	1,000,000
	
3.31 	To the commissioner of administration for the 
3.32 	capital asset preservation and replacement 
4.1 	account in Minnesota Statutes, section 
4.2 	16A.632.

4.3
4.4	Sec. 5. MINNESOTA AMATEUR SPORTS 
COMMISSION
 			$
	1,500,000
	
4.5 	To the Minnesota Amateur Sports 
4.6 	Commission for grants to local government 
4.7 	units under Minnesota Statutes, section 
4.8 	240A.09, to improve indoor air quality or 
4.9 	eliminate R-22.

4.10	Sec. 6. PUBLIC SAFETY
 			$
	225,000
	
4.11 	To the commissioner of public safety for a 
4.12 	grant to the city of Cyrus to acquire land for 
4.13 	and to predesign, design, construct, furnish, 
4.14 	and equip a facility to accommodate the city 
4.15 	hall with community meeting space and the 
4.16 	fire department. This appropriation does not 
4.17 	require a nonstate contribution.

4.18	Sec. 7. TRANSPORTATION

4.19	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	51,743,000
	
4.20 	To the commissioner of transportation for the 
4.21 	purposes specified in this section.

4.22
4.23	Subd. 2.Local Bridge Replacement and 
Rehabilitation
 				 20,743,000
	
4.24 	To match federal money and to replace or 
4.25 	rehabilitate local deficient bridges as provided 
4.26 	in Minnesota Statutes, section 174.50. To 
4.27 	the extent practicable, the commissioner 
4.28 	shall expend the funds as provided under 
4.29 	Minnesota Statutes, section 174.50.

4.30
4.31	Subd. 3.Local Road Improvement Fund 
Grants
 				 30,000,000
	
4.32 	(a) For construction and reconstruction 
4.33 	of local roads with statewide or regional 
5.1 	significance under Minnesota Statutes, 
5.2 	section 174.52, subdivision 4, or for grants to 
5.3 	counties to assist in paying the costs of rural 
5.4 	road safety capital improvement projects on 
5.5 	county state-aid highways under Minnesota 
5.6 	Statutes, section 174.52, subdivision 4a.
5.7 	(b) This appropriation includes funding 
5.8 	for a grant to Ramsey County for the road 
5.9 	improvements related to the Twin Cities 
5.10 	Army Ammunition Plant redevelopment 
5.11 	project.
5.12 	(c) Of this appropriation, $250,000 is for a 
5.13 	grant to Pine Lake Township in Otter Tail 
5.14 	County for improvements to Nitche Lake 
5.15 	Road between County Road 8 and County 
5.16 	Road 53 in Pine Lake Township.

5.17	Subd. 4.Safe Routes to School
 				1,000,000
	
5.18 	For grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 
5.19 	174.40, for infrastructure to increase safety 
5.20 	and convenience for children to walk or bike 
5.21 	to school.

5.22	Sec. 8. VETERANS AFFAIRS
 			$
	225,000
	
5.23 	To the commissioner of administration for a 
5.24 	grant to Edina to design and construct the All 
5.25 	Veterans Memorial in the city of Edina, in 
5.26 	accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 
5.27 	416.01. This appropriation is not available 
5.28 	until the commissioner of management and 
5.29 	budget has determined that at least an equal 
5.30 	amount has been committed to the project 
5.31 	from nonstate sources.

5.32	Sec. 9. CORRECTIONS
 			$
	18,000,000
	
6.1 	To the commissioner of administration to 
6.2 	design, construct, furnish, and equip phase 
6.3 	one of a new health services unit, a new 
6.4 	service corridor and security station leading 
6.5 	to the unit, and a mechanical building to serve 
6.6 	the new health unit and associated utility 
6.7 	infrastructure systems and site work; and to 
6.8 	design phase two consisting of new intake, 
6.9 	warehouse, and loading dock buildings 
6.10 	associated utility infrastructure systems and 
6.11 	sitework and all associated repurposing, 
6.12 	including asbestos and hazardous materials 
6.13 	abatement of interior spaces that were 
6.14 	formally used for the occupancies being 
6.15 	moved to the new phase one and two 
6.16 	buildings at the Minnesota Correctional 
6.17 	Facility in St. Cloud.

6.18
6.19	Sec. 10. EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC 
DEVELOPMENT

6.20	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	 83,255,000
	
6.21 	To the commissioner of employment and 
6.22 	economic development for the purposes 
6.23 	specified in this section.

6.24
6.25	Subd. 2.Innovative Business Development 
Public Infrastructure Grant Program
 				500,000
	
6.26 	For grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 
6.27 	116J.435.

6.28	Subd. 3.Duluth - NorShor Theatre
 				6,950,000
	
6.29 	For a grant to the Duluth Economic 
6.30 	Development Authority to design, 
6.31 	construct, furnish, and equip certain public 
6.32 	improvements, including skyway access from 
6.33 	adjacent public parking, interior circulation, 
6.34 	street and utility upgrades, the connection 
6.35 	between the skyway and street levels, 
7.1 	handicapped access, and the restoration of 
7.2 	the lobby, entrance, and marquee, as part of 
7.3 	the restoration and to enhance and provide 
7.4 	public access to the historic NorShor Theatre. 
7.5 	This appropriation is not available until the 
7.6 	commissioner of management and budget 
7.7 	has determined that at least $13,900,000 
7.8 	has been committed to the project from 
7.9 	nonstate sources and that sufficient nonstate 
7.10 	funds are available to complete the project. 
7.11 	Funds invested in the project by an investor 
7.12 	receiving an assignment of state historic 
7.13 	tax credits pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, 
7.14 	section 290.0681, are nonstate funds for 
7.15 	purposes of this requirement. Due to the 
7.16 	integrated nature of the overall development, 
7.17 	public bidding shall not be required.

7.18
7.19	Subd. 4.Duluth - Spirit Mountain Recreation 
Area
 				3,400,000
	
7.20 	For a grant to the city of Duluth for the 
7.21 	Spirit Mountain Recreation Area Authority 
7.22 	to acquire easements, licenses, and other 
7.23 	interests in real property and to engineer, 
7.24 	design, permit, and construct works and 
7.25 	systems to transport water from the St. Louis 
7.26 	River estuary for commercial and industrial 
7.27 	use. This appropriation is not available until 
7.28 	the commissioner of management and budget 
7.29 	determines that at least $1,100,000 has been 
7.30 	committed to the project from nonstate 
7.31 	sources. Expenditures made on or after 
7.32 	September 1, 2011, for this project shall count 
7.33 	toward the match from nonstate sources.

7.34	Subd. 5.Duluth - Wade Stadium
 				2,300,000
	
8.1 	For a grant to the city of Duluth to design, 
8.2 	construct, furnish, and equip improvements 
8.3 	to Wade Stadium, including the stadium walls 
8.4 	and faÃ§ade, grandstand, lighting, concession 
8.5 	facilities and field, with proper drainage, for 
8.6 	a ballpark and public outdoor events facility. 
8.7 	This appropriation is not available until the 
8.8 	commissioner of management and budget 
8.9 	determines that at least an equal amount 
8.10 	is committed to the project from nonstate 
8.11 	sources.

8.12
8.13	Subd. 6.Hermantown; Regional Health and 
Wellness Center
 				250,000
	
8.14 	For a grant to the city of Hermantown 
8.15 	to study, plan, and predesign a health 
8.16 	and wellness center to meet the needs of 
8.17 	the multigenerational population in the 
8.18 	region. The facility will be located on the 
8.19 	Hermantown School District campus and 
8.20 	may be operated in collaboration with the 
8.21 	Young Men's Christian Association. This 
8.22 	appropriation does not require a local match.

8.23
8.24	Subd. 7.Lake Superior - Poplar River Water 
District
 				1,110,000
	
8.25 	For a grant to the Lake Superior-Poplar 
8.26 	River Water District to acquire interests in 
8.27 	real property, engineer, design, permit, and 
8.28 	construct infrastructure to transport and treat 
8.29 	water from Lake Superior through the Poplar 
8.30 	River Valley to serve domestic, irrigation, 
8.31 	commercial, stock watering, and industrial 
8.32 	water users. This appropriation does not 
8.33 	require a nonstate match.

8.34
8.35	Subd. 8.Mankato - Arena and Events Center 
Auditorium
 				14,500,000
	
9.1 	For a grant to the city of Mankato to design, 
9.2 	construct, furnish, and equip an addition to 
9.3 	and renovate existing space, and for other 
9.4 	improvements of a capital nature to the 
9.5 	Minnesota State University Arena and Event 
9.6 	Center Auditorium. This appropriation is 
9.7 	not available until the commissioner of 
9.8 	management and budget determines that at 
9.9 	least $14,500,000 has been committed to 
9.10 	the project from nonstate sources. Amounts 
9.11 	expended by the city of Mankato for project 
9.12 	costs since March 1, 2013, shall count toward 
9.13 	the matching requirement.

9.14
9.15	Subd. 9.Rochester - Mayo Civic Center 
Complex
 				35,000,000
	
9.16 	For a grant to the city of Rochester to design, 
9.17 	construct, furnish, and equip the renovation 
9.18 	and expansion of the Mayo Civic Center 
9.19 	complex and related infrastructure, including 
9.20 	but not limited to skyway access, lighting, 
9.21 	parking, and landscaping. This appropriation 
9.22 	is not available until the commissioner of 
9.23 	management and budget has determined that 
9.24 	at least an equal amount has been committed 
9.25 	to the project from nonstate sources. 
9.26 	Amounts expended by the city of Rochester 
9.27 	for project costs since July 1, 2013, shall 
9.28 	count toward the matching requirement.

9.29	Subd. 10.Sandstone - Business Park
 				200,000
	
9.30 	For a grant to the city of Sandstone to design 
9.31 	and construct necessary public infrastructure 
9.32 	to open a planned business park to serve 
9.33 	a major tenant in Sandstone, Pine County. 
9.34 	This appropriation is not available until the 
9.35 	commissioner of management and budget 
10.1 	determines that at least an equal amount 
10.2 	is committed to the project from nonstate 
10.3 	sources.

10.4
10.5	Subd. 11.St. Cloud - River's Edge Convention 
Center
 				11,560,000
	
10.6 	For a grant to the city of St. Cloud to 
10.7 	predesign, design, construct, furnish, and 
10.8 	equip an expansion of the River's Edge 
10.9 	Convention Center, including a parking 
10.10 	facility and pedestrian skyway connection. 
10.11 	This appropriation is not available until the 
10.12 	commissioner of management and budget 
10.13 	determines that at least $10,100,000 has 
10.14 	been committed to the project from nonstate 
10.15 	sources. Amounts expended by the city of St. 
10.16 	Cloud for project costs since July 1, 2010, 
10.17 	shall count toward the matching requirement.

10.18
10.19	Subd. 12.St. Paul - Minnesota Children's 
Museum
 				7,485,000
	
10.20 	For a grant to the city of St. Paul to predesign, 
10.21 	design, construct, furnish, and equip an 
10.22 	expansion and renovation of the Minnesota 
10.23 	Children's Museum. The expansion and 
10.24 	exhibit upgrades should incorporate the 
10.25 	latest research on early learning, allow for 
10.26 	new state-of-the art education facilities, and 
10.27 	increase the capacity of visitors to galleries 
10.28 	and programming areas. This appropriation 
10.29 	is not available until the commissioner of 
10.30 	management and budget has determined that 
10.31 	at least an equal amount has been committed 
10.32 	from nonstate sources. Amounts expended 
10.33 	for this project by nonstate sources since 
10.34 	October 1, 2010, shall count toward the 
10.35 	nonstate match.

11.1	Sec. 11. PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY

11.2	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	22,275,000
	
11.3 	To the Public Facilities Authority for the 
11.4 	purposes specified in this section.

11.5	Subd. 2.Lewis and Clark Joint Powers Board
 				22,000,000
	
11.6 	For a grant to the Lewis and Clark Joint 
11.7 	Powers Board to acquire land or interests 
11.8 	in land for, and to design, engineer, and 
11.9 	construct pipeline and other facilities and 
11.10 	infrastructure necessary for phase I of the 
11.11 	Lewis and Clark Regional Water System 
11.12 	project, and the extension to Magnolia, if 
11.13 	possible. This appropriation is not available 
11.14 	until the commissioner of management and 
11.15 	budget determines: (1) that the construction 
11.16 	and administration for work done on 
11.17 	the project will comply with all federal 
11.18 	requirements and regulations associated with 
11.19 	the Lewis and Clark Rural Water System 
11.20 	Act of 2000, and the cooperative agreement 
11.21 	between the United States Department of 
11.22 	the Interior; and (2) that a nonstate match, 
11.23 	including local and federal dollars, of at least 
11.24 	$5,000,000 is committed to the project.

11.25	Subd. 3.Oslo Water Infrastructure Study
 				275,000
	
11.26 	Of this appropriation, $200,000 is for a grant 
11.27 	to the city of Oslo for a water infrastructure 
11.28 	study and $75,000 is for a grant to the Middle 
11.29 	Snake Tamarac Watershed District for a Red 
11.30 	River of the North floodway hydraulic study 
11.31 	for the Oslo area.

11.32
11.33	Sec. 12. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL 
SOCIETY
 			$
	1,400,000
	
12.1 	To the Minnesota Historical Society to be 
12.2 	allocated to county and local jurisdictions 
12.3 	as matching money for historic preservation 
12.4 	projects of a capital nature, as provided in 
12.5 	Minnesota Statutes, section 138.0525.

12.6
12.7	Sec. 13. IRON RANGE RESOURCES AND 
REHABILITATION BOARD
 			$
	3,800,000
	
12.8 	To the Iron Range Resources and 
12.9 	Rehabilitation Board to predesign, design, 
12.10 	construct, furnish, and equip a new multiuse, 
12.11 	year-round event center at Giants Ridge 
12.12 	that will replace the existing facility. This 
12.13 	appropriation is not available until the 
12.14 	commissioner of management and budget 
12.15 	determines that at least an equal amount has 
12.16 	been committed to the project from other 
12.17 	sources.

12.18 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 12A.16, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
12.19 		Subd. 5.Waivers authorized. The requirements of section 174.50, subdivisions 5, 
12.20 	6, 6a, and to 7, are waived for grants under subdivision 3.

12.21 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 174.50, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
12.22 		Subd. 7.Bridge grant program requirements; rulemaking. (a) The commissioner 
12.23 	of transportation shall develop rules, procedures for application for grants, conditions of 
12.24 	grant administration, standards, and criteria as provided under subdivision 6, including 
12.25 	bridge specifications, in cooperation with road authorities of political subdivisions, for use 
12.26 	in the administration of funds appropriated to the commissioner and for the administration 
12.27 	of grants to subdivisions.
12.28 	(b) The maximum use of standardized bridges is encouraged. Regardless of the size 
12.29 	of the existing bridge, a bridge or replacement bridge is eligible for assistance from the 
12.30 	state transportation fund if a hydrological survey indicates that the bridge or replacement 
12.31 	bridge must be ten feet or more in length.
12.32 	(c) As part of the standards or rules, the commissioner shall, in consultation with 
12.33 	local road authorities, establish a minimum distance between any two bridges that cross 
12.34 	over the same river, stream, or waterway, so that only one of the bridges is eligible for a 
13.1 	grant under this section. As appropriate, the commissioner may establish exceptions from 
13.2 	the minimum distance requirement or procedures for obtaining a variance.
13.3 	(d) Political subdivisions may use grants made under this section to construct or 
13.4 	reconstruct bridges, including but not limited to:
13.5 	(1) matching federal aid grants to construct or reconstruct key bridges;
13.6 	(2) paying the costs to abandon an existing bridge that is deficient and in need of 
13.7 	replacement but where no replacement will be made; and
13.8 	(3) paying the costs to construct a road or street to facilitate the abandonment of 
13.9 	an existing bridge if the commissioner determines that the bridge is deficient, and that 
13.10 	construction of the road or street is more economical than replacement of the existing 
13.11 	bridge.
13.12 	(e) Funds appropriated to the commissioner from the Minnesota state transportation 
13.13 	fund shall be segregated from the highway tax user distribution fund and other funds 
13.14 	created by article XIV of the Minnesota Constitution.

13.15 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 174.52, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
13.16 		Subd. 3.Advisory committee. (a) The commissioner shall establish an a local road 
13.17 	improvement program advisory committee consisting of five members, including:
13.18 	(1) one county commissioner;
13.19 	(2) one county engineer;
13.20 	(3) one city engineer;
13.21 	(4) one city council member or city administrator representing a city with a 
13.22 	population over 5,000; and
13.23 	(5) one city council member or city administrator representing a city with a 
13.24 	population under 5,000.
13.25 	(b) The advisory committee shall provide recommendations to the commissioner 
13.26 	regarding expenditures from the trunk highway corridor projects account accounts 
13.27 	established in this section.
13.28 	(b) (c) Notwithstanding section 15.059, subdivision 5, the committee does not expire.

13.29 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 240A.09, is amended to read:
13.30 	240A.09 PLAN DEVELOPMENT; CRITERIA.
13.31 	The Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission shall develop a plan to promote the 
13.32 	development of proposals for new statewide public ice facilities including proposals for 
13.33 	ice centers and matching grants based on the criteria in this section.
14.1 	(a) For ice center proposals, the commission will give priority to proposals that 
14.2 	come from more than one local government unit. Institutions of higher education are not 
14.3 	eligible to receive a grant.
14.4 	(b) The commission must give priority to grant applications for indoor air quality 
14.5 	improvements and projects that eliminate R-22. For purposes of this section:
14.6 	(1) "indoor air quality improvements" means: (i) renovation or replacement of 
14.7 	heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems in existing indoor ice arenas whose ice 
14.8 	resurfacing and ice edging equipment are not powered by electricity in order to reduce 
14.9 	concentrations of carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide; and (ii) acquisition of zero 
14.10 	emission ice resurfacing and ice edging equipment. The new or renovated systems 
14.11 	may include continuous electronic air monitoring devices to automatically activate the 
14.12 	ventilation systems when the concentration of carbon monoxide or nitrogen dioxide 
14.13 	reaches a predetermined level; and
14.14 	(2) "projects that eliminate R-22," means replacement of ice making systems in 
14.15 	existing public facilities that use R-22 as a refrigerant, with systems that use alternative 
14.16 	non-ozone-depleting refrigerants.
14.17 	(b) (c) In the metropolitan area as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2, the 
14.18 	commission is encouraged to give priority to the following proposals:
14.19 	(1) proposals for construction of two or more ice sheets in a single new facility;
14.20 	(2) proposals for construction of an additional sheet of ice at an existing ice center;
14.21 	(3) proposals for construction of a new, single sheet of ice as part of a sports complex 
14.22 	with multiple sports facilities; and
14.23 	(4) proposals for construction of a new, single sheet of ice that will be expanded to a 
14.24 	two-sheet facility in the future.
14.25 	(c) (d) The commission shall administer a site selection process for the ice centers. 
14.26 	The commission shall invite proposals from cities or counties or consortia of cities. 
14.27 	A proposal for an ice center must include matching contributions including in-kind 
14.28 	contributions of land, access roadways and access roadway improvements, and necessary 
14.29 	utility services, landscaping, and parking.
14.30 	(d) (e) Proposals for ice centers and matching grants must provide for meeting the 
14.31 	demand for ice time for female groups by offering up to 50 percent of prime ice time, as 
14.32 	needed, to female groups. For purposes of this section, prime ice time means the hours 
14.33 	of 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Monday to Friday and 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Saturdays 
14.34 	and Sundays.
14.35 	(e) (f) The location for all proposed facilities must be in areas of maximum 
14.36 	demonstrated interest and must maximize accessibility to an arterial highway.
15.1 	(f) (g) To the extent possible, all proposed facilities must be dispersed equitably, 
15.2 	must be located to maximize potential for full utilization and profitable operation, and 
15.3 	must accommodate noncompetitive family and community skating for all ages.
15.4 	(g) (h) The commission may also use the money to upgrade current facilities, purchase 
15.5 	girls' ice time, or conduct amateur women's hockey and other ice sport tournaments.
15.6 	(h) (i) To the extent possible, 50 percent of all grants must be awarded to 
15.7 	communities in greater Minnesota.
15.8 	(i) (j) To the extent possible, technical assistance shall be provided to Minnesota 
15.9 	communities by the commission on ice arena planning, design, and operation, including 
15.10 	the marketing of ice time and on projects described in paragraph (b).
15.11 	(j) (k) A grant for new facilities may not exceed $250,000.
15.12 	(k) (l) The commission may make grants for rehabilitation and renovation. A 
15.13 	rehabilitation or renovation grant may not exceed $100,000 $200,000. Priority must be 
15.14 	given to grant applications for indoor air quality improvements, including zero emission 
15.15 	ice resurfacing equipment, and for projects that eliminate R-22.
15.16 	(l) (m) Grant money may be used for ice centers designed for sports other than hockey.
15.17 	(m) (n) Grant money may be used to upgrade existing facilities to comply with the 
15.18 	bleacher safety requirements of section 326B.112.

15.19 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 462A.37, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
15.20 		Subd. 2.Authorization. (a) The agency may issue up to $30,000,000 in aggregate 
15.21 	principal amount of housing infrastructure bonds in one or more series to which the 
15.22 	payment made under this section may be pledged. The housing infrastructure bonds 
15.23 	authorized in this subdivision may be issued to fund loans, on terms and conditions the 
15.24 	agency deems appropriate, made for one or more of the following purposes:
15.25 	(1) to finance the costs of the construction, acquisition, and rehabilitation of 
15.26 	supportive housing for individuals and families who are without a permanent residence;
15.27 	(2) to finance the costs of the acquisition and rehabilitation of foreclosed or 
15.28 	abandoned housing to be used for affordable rental housing and the costs of new 
15.29 	construction of rental housing on abandoned or foreclosed property where the existing 
15.30 	structures will be demolished or removed;
15.31 	(3) to finance that portion of the costs of acquisition of abandoned or foreclosed
15.32 	 property that is attributable to the land to be leased by community land trusts to low- 
15.33 	and moderate-income homebuyers; and
15.34 	(4) to finance the costs of acquisition and rehabilitation of federally assisted rental 
15.35 	housing and for the refinancing of costs of the construction, acquisition, and rehabilitation 
16.1 	of federally assisted rental housing, including providing funds to refund, in whole or in 
16.2 	part, outstanding bonds previously issued by the agency or another government unit to 
16.3 	finance or refinance such costs.
16.4 	(b) Among comparable proposals for permanent supportive housing, preference 
16.5 	shall be given to permanent supportive housing for veterans and other individuals or 
16.6 	families who:
16.7 	(1) either have been without a permanent residence for at least 12 months or at 
16.8 	least four times in the last three years; or
16.9 	(2) are at significant risk of lacking a permanent residence for 12 months or at least 
16.10 	four times in the last three years.

16.11 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment for 
16.12 	bonds authorized in 2014 and thereafter.

16.13 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 462A.37, is amended by adding a 
16.14 	subdivision to read:
16.15 		Subd. 2a.Additional authorization. In addition to the amount authorized in 
16.16 	subdivision 2, the agency may issue up to $80,000,000 of housing infrastructure bonds in 
16.17 	one or more series to which the payments made under this section may be pledged.

16.18 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 462A.37, is amended by adding a 
16.19 	subdivision to read:
16.20 		Subd. 5.Additional appropriation. (a) The agency must certify annually to the 
16.21 	commissioner of management and budget the actual amount of annual debt service on 
16.22 	each series of bonds issued under subdivision 2a.
16.23 	(b) Each July 15, beginning in 2015 and through 2037, if any housing infrastructure 
16.24 	bonds issued under subdivision 2a remain outstanding, the commissioner of management 
16.25 	and budget must transfer to the housing infrastructure bond account established under 
16.26 	section 462A.21, subdivision 33, the amount certified under paragraph (a), not to exceed 
16.27 	$6,400,000 annually. The amounts necessary to make the transfers are appropriated from 
16.28 	the general fund to the commissioner of management and budget.
16.29 	(c) The agency may pledge to the payment of the housing infrastructure bonds the 
16.30 	payments to be made by the state under this section.

16.31 	Sec. 21. AMERICAN-MADE STEEL.
 16.32 	To the extent practicable, a public entity receiving an appropriation of public money 
16.33 	for a project in this act must ensure those facilities are built with American-made steel. 

17.1 	Sec. 22. WATER CONNECTION; CITY OF WORTHINGTON.
 17.2 	The commissioners of health, natural resources, and the Pollution Control Agency 
17.3 	shall issue the necessary permits and approvals to allow the city of Worthington to 
17.4 	continue to connect and receive water from Lincoln Pipestone Rural Water until the Lewis 
17.5 	and Clark Regional Water System project is able to provide water to the city. A person, 
17.6 	local unit of government, or other entity adding salt or a substance containing salt to water 
17.7 	pumped by Lincoln Pipestone Rural Water to treat it for nitrates shall not be subject to 
17.8 	a fine or other penalty for violations of wastewater discharge requirements as long as 
17.9 	Lincoln Pipestone Rural Water continues to take action to address wastewater discharge 
17.10 	noncompliance. This provision does not preclude state agencies from taking action other 
17.11 	than fines or penalties to resolve any wastewater discharge violations.

17.12 	Sec. 23. APPROPRIATIONS GIVEN EFFECT ONCE.
 17.13 	Except for appropriations for the Flood Hazard Mitigation program, Minnesota 
17.14 	Children's Museum, the Lewis and Clark Regional Water System, the local bridge 
17.15 	replacement program under Minnesota Statutes, section 174.50, and to the local road 
17.16 	improvement fund grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 174.52, if an appropriation in 
17.17 	this act is enacted more than once in the 2014 legislative session for the same purpose, the 
17.18 	appropriation must be given effect only once. If the appropriations for the same purpose 
17.19 	are for different amounts, the lowest of the amounts is the one to be given effect.

17.20 	Sec. 24. REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.
 17.21 	The revisor of statutes shall change the headnote for Minnesota Statutes, section 
17.22 	134.45, to "LIBRARY CONSTRUCTION GRANTS."

17.23 	Sec. 25. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 17.24 	Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective the day following final enactment.