1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for renovation of the 
1.3 	Administration Building at the Fort Snelling Upper Post; authorizing the sale 
1.4 	and issuance of state bonds.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. FORT SNELLING UPPER POST.
 1.7 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $6,700,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
1.8 	fund to the commissioner of natural resources to design, construct, rehabilitate, furnish, 
1.9 	and equip Building 67, the Administration Building, at the Fort Snelling Upper Post. Up 
1.10 	to $500,000 of this amount may be used to design and construct bicycle and pedestrian 
1.11 	paths between the Fort Snelling light rail transit station and historic Fort Snelling and the 
1.12 	upper post area. This appropriation is not available until the commissioner of management 
1.13 	and budget has determined that at least $13,400,000 has been committed to renovations 
1.14 	and improvements to one of the upper post barracks buildings from nonstate sources and 
1.15 	that sufficient funds are available to complete both the Administration Building and the 
1.16 	barracks projects. The rehabilitation of both buildings must comply with the requirements 
1.17 	of the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation. The commissioner of natural 
1.18 	resources may enter into a lease-management agreement in accordance with Minnesota 
1.19 	Statutes, section 16A.695, for use of the Administration Building. The lessee's use must 
1.20 	be compatible with the preservation of the building and the National Park Service's 
1.21 	requirements governing use of historic properties. The lessee must agree to be solely 
1.22 	responsible for the maintenance and operation of the property, including any future 
1.23 	capital repairs. Any use shall permit limited public access for historical interpretation, 
2.1 	as determined appropriate by the commissioner of natural resources, consistent with 
2.2 	normal use by the lessee.
2.3 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the 
2.4 	bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue 
2.5 	bonds of the state in an amount up to $6,700,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with 
2.6 	the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the 
2.7 	Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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