1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; authorizing spending to acquire and better public 
1.3 	land and buildings and for other improvements of a capital nature with certain 
1.4 	conditions; modifying prior appropriations; modifying programs; providing for 
1.5 	disaster relief; providing for the sale and issuance of state bonds; providing 
1.6 	for the sale, conveyance, and disposition of state bond-financed property; 
1.7 	appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 85.015, 
1.8 	subdivision 6; 240A.09; 462A.37, subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision; Laws 
1.9 	2008, chapter 179, sections 7, subdivision 22; 16, subdivision 5, as amended; 
1.10 	Laws 2009, chapter 93, article 1, section 11, subdivision 4, as amended; Laws 
1.11 	2010, chapter 189, section 15, subdivision 5, as amended; Laws 2012, chapter 
1.12 	293, section 3, subdivision 18; Laws 2013, chapter 136, section 4, as amended; 
1.13 	Laws 2014, chapter 294, article 1, sections 15, subdivision 2; 16, subdivisions 
1.14 	5, 9; 18, subdivisions 3, 4; 21, subdivisions 3, 10, 12, 13, 16, 18, 23; Laws 
1.15 	2014, chapter 295, section 10, subdivision 12; proposing coding for new law 
1.16 	in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16A.
1.17 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.18 	ARTICLE 1
1.19 	APPROPRIATIONS

1.20	Section 1. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
1.21 	The sums shown in the column under "Appropriations" are appropriated from the 
1.22 	bond proceeds fund, or another named fund, to the state agencies or officials indicated, 
1.23 	to be spent for public purposes. Appropriations of bond proceeds must be spent as 
1.24 	authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 5, paragraph (a), to acquire 
1.25 	and better public land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature, or 
1.26 	as authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 5, paragraphs (b) to (j), 
1.27 	or article XIV. Unless otherwise specified, money appropriated in this act for a capital 
1.28 	program or project may be used to pay state agency staff costs that are attributed directly 
2.1 	to the capital program or project in accordance with accounting policies adopted by the 
2.2 	commissioner of management and budget. Unless otherwise specified, the appropriations 
2.3 	in this act are available until the project is completed or abandoned subject to Minnesota 
2.4 	Statutes, section 16A.642. Unless otherwise specified in this act, money appropriated in 
2.5 	this act for activities under Minnesota Statutes, sections 16B.307, 84.946, and 135A.046, 
2.6 	should not be used for projects that can be financed within a reasonable time frame under 
2.7 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.322 or 16C.144.

2.8						APPROPRIATIONS

2.9	Sec. 2. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

2.10	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	26,529,000
	
2.11 	To the Board of Regents of the University 
2.12 	of Minnesota for the purposes specified in 
2.13 	this section.

2.14
2.15	Subd. 2.Minnesota Poultry Testing Laboratory 
- Willmar
 				8,529,000
	
2.16 	To design, construct, furnish, and equip the 
2.17 	expansion and renovation of the Minnesota 
2.18 	Poultry Testing Laboratory in Willmar, 
2.19 	including facility upgrades to substantially 
2.20 	improve the laboratory's efficiency and 
2.21 	ability to meet testing requirements, respond 
2.22 	to avian influenza and other diseases of 
2.23 	poultry, and effectively serve its client base.

2.24
2.25	Subd. 3.St. Paul Campus Veterinary Isolation 
Facility Replacement
 				18,000,000
	
2.26 	To demolish two obsolete veterinary 
2.27 	isolation laboratories and predesign, design, 
2.28 	construct, furnish, and equip a veterinary 
2.29 	biocontainment facility on the St. Paul 
2.30 	campus, including large and small animal 
2.31 	holding spaces.
2.32 	The appropriation in this subdivision is 
2.33 	intended to cover approximately two-thirds 
3.1 	of the cost of the project. The remaining 
3.2 	costs must be paid from university sources.

3.3	Subd. 4.Unspent Appropriations
 					
3.4 	Upon substantial completion of a project 
3.5 	authorized in this section and after written 
3.6 	notice to the commissioner of management 
3.7 	and budget, the Board of Regents must use 
3.8 	any money remaining in the appropriation 
3.9 	for that project for HEAPR under Minnesota 
3.10 	Statutes, section 135A.046. The Board 
3.11 	of Regents must report by February 1 of 
3.12 	each even-numbered year to the chairs of 
3.13 	the house of representatives and senate 
3.14 	committees with jurisdiction over capital 
3.15 	investment and higher education finance, and 
3.16 	to the chairs of the house of representatives 
3.17 	Ways and Means Committee and the senate 
3.18 	Finance Committee, on how the remaining 
3.19 	money has been allocated or spent.

3.20
3.21	Sec. 3. MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES 
AND UNIVERSITIES

3.22	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	31,943,000
	
3.23 	To the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota 
3.24 	State Colleges and Universities for the 
3.25 	purposes specified in this section.

3.26	Subd. 2.Anoka Technical College
 				2,114,000
	
3.27 	To design, renovate, furnish, and equip the 
3.28 	automotive and manufacturing technology 
3.29 	training spaces.

3.30	Subd. 3.Dakota County Technical College
 				7,733,000
	
3.31 	To complete design, renovate, furnish, 
3.32 	and equip classroom and lab space for 
3.33 	transportation and emerging technologies 
3.34 	programs.

4.1
4.2
4.3	Subd. 4.Minnesota West Community and 
Technical College; Canby and Jackson 
Campuses
 				3,267,000
	
4.4 	(a) To design and install a geothermal HVAC 
4.5 	system, and remove and replace associated 
4.6 	mechanical systems, on the Canby campus.
4.7 	(b) To design and consolidate the power line 
4.8 	training program spaces by demolishing 
4.9 	Building "B" and the current off-campus 
4.10 	power line training space, and construct 
4.11 	and equip a new indoor power line training 
4.12 	addition and exterior truck port on the 
4.13 	Jackson main campus.

4.14	Subd. 5.St. Paul College
 				18,829,000
	
4.15 	To complete the design of and construct, 
4.16 	furnish, and equip the Health and Science 
4.17 	Alliance Center addition, and to renovate, 
4.18 	furnish, and equip existing health and West 
4.19 	Tower spaces.

4.20	Subd. 6.Debt Service
 					
4.21 	(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), the 
4.22 	Board of Trustees shall pay the debt service 
4.23 	on one-third of the principal amount of state 
4.24 	bonds sold to finance projects authorized 
4.25 	by this section. After each sale of general 
4.26 	obligation bonds, the commissioner of 
4.27 	management and budget shall notify the 
4.28 	board of the amounts assessed for each year 
4.29 	for the life of the bonds.
4.30 	(b) The board need not pay debt service 
4.31 	on bonds sold to finance HEAPR. Where a 
4.32 	nonstate match is required, the debt service is 
4.33 	due on a principal amount equal to one-third 
4.34 	of the total project cost, less the match 
4.35 	committed before the bonds are sold.
5.1 	(c) The commissioner of management and 
5.2 	budget shall reduce the board's assessment 
5.3 	each year by one-third of the net income 
5.4 	from investment of general obligation bond 
5.5 	proceeds in proportion to the amount of 
5.6 	principal and interest otherwise required to 
5.7 	be paid by the board. The board shall pay its 
5.8 	resulting net assessment to the commissioner 
5.9 	of management and budget by December 
5.10 	1 each year. If the board fails to make 
5.11 	a payment when due, the commissioner 
5.12 	of management and budget shall reduce 
5.13 	allotments for appropriations from the 
5.14 	general fund otherwise available to the board 
5.15 	and apply the amount of the reduction to 
5.16 	cover the missed debt service payment. The 
5.17 	commissioner of management and budget 
5.18 	shall credit the payments received from the 
5.19 	board to the bond debt service account in 
5.20 	the state bond fund each December 1 before 
5.21 	money is transferred from the general fund 
5.22 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641, 
5.23 	subdivision 10.

5.24	Subd. 7.Unspent Appropriations
 					
5.25 	(a) Upon substantial completion of a project 
5.26 	authorized in this section and after written 
5.27 	notice to the commissioner of management 
5.28 	and budget, the board must use any money 
5.29 	remaining in the appropriation for that 
5.30 	project for HEAPR under Minnesota 
5.31 	Statutes, section 135A.046. The Board 
5.32 	of Trustees must report by February 1 of 
5.33 	each even-numbered year to the chairs of 
5.34 	the house of representatives and senate 
5.35 	committees with jurisdiction over capital 
5.36 	investment and higher education finance, and 
6.1 	to the chairs of the house of representatives 
6.2 	Ways and Means Committee and the senate 
6.3 	Finance Committee, on how the remaining 
6.4 	money has been allocated or spent.
6.5 	(b) The unspent portion of an appropriation 
6.6 	for a project in this section that is complete is 
6.7 	available for HEAPR under this subdivision, 
6.8 	at the same campus as the project for which 
6.9 	the original appropriation was made and the 
6.10 	debt service requirement under subdivision 6 
6.11 	is reduced accordingly. Minnesota Statutes, 
6.12 	section 16A.642, applies from the date of the 
6.13 	original appropriation to the unspent amount 
6.14 	transferred.

6.15	Sec. 4. NATURAL RESOURCES

6.16	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	23,549,000
	
6.17 	(a) To the commissioner of natural resources 
6.18 	for the purposes specified in this section.
6.19 	(b) The appropriations in this section are 
6.20 	subject to the requirements of the natural 
6.21 	resources capital improvement program 
6.22 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.12, 
6.23 	unless this section or the statutes referred 
6.24 	to in this section provide more specific 
6.25 	standards, criteria, or priorities for projects 
6.26 	than Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.12.

6.27	Subd. 2.Flood Hazard Mitigation
 				23,549,000
	
6.28 	(a) For the state share of flood hazard 
6.29 	mitigation grants for publicly owned capital 
6.30 	improvements to prevent or alleviate flood 
6.31 	damage under Minnesota Statutes, section 
6.32 	103F.161.
7.1 	(b) Levee projects, to the extent practical, 
7.2 	shall meet the state standard of three feet 
7.3 	above the 100-year flood elevation.
7.4 	(c) Project priorities shall be determined 
7.5 	by the commissioner, as appropriate, based 
7.6 	on need and consideration of available 
7.7 	leveraging of federal, local, and state funds.
7.8 	(d) $10,000,000 of this appropriation is for 
7.9 	a grant to Otter Tail County for publicly 
7.10 	owned capital improvements to address 
7.11 	flooding and high-water conditions on Little 
7.12 	McDonald Lake, Devil's Lake, Kerbs Lake, 
7.13 	and Paul Lake. Notwithstanding the match 
7.14 	requirements in Minnesota Statutes, section 
7.15 	103F.161, subdivision 2, this appropriation 
7.16 	does not require a local match.
7.17 	(e) To the extent that the cost of a project 
7.18 	exceeds two percent of the median household 
7.19 	income in a municipality or township 
7.20 	multiplied by the number of households in the 
7.21 	municipality or township, this appropriation 
7.22 	is also for the local share of the project.

7.23	Subd. 3.Unspent Appropriations
 					
7.24 	The unspent portion of an appropriation for 
7.25 	a project in this section that is complete, 
7.26 	upon written notice to the commissioner 
7.27 	of management and budget, is available 
7.28 	for asset preservation under Minnesota 
7.29 	Statutes, section 84.946. Minnesota Statutes, 
7.30 	section 16A.642, applies from the date of the 
7.31 	original appropriation to the unspent amount 
7.32 	transferred.

7.33	Sec. 5. POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY

7.34	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	11,026,000
	
8.1 	To the commissioner of the Pollution Control 
8.2 	Agency for the purposes specified in this 
8.3 	section.

8.4	Subd. 2.Capital Assistance Program
 				9,276,000
	
8.5 	(a) This appropriation is for the solid waste 
8.6 	capital assistance grants program under 
8.7 	Minnesota Statutes, section 115A.54.
8.8 	(b) Of this appropriation: $600,000 is for 
8.9 	a grant to Clay County for phase 1 of an 
8.10 	integrated solid waste system; $600,000 is 
8.11 	for a grant to McLeod County for phase 1 of 
8.12 	an integrated solid waste system; $56,000 is 
8.13 	for a project in Dodge County; and $20,000 
8.14 	is for a project in Western Lake Superior 
8.15 	Sanitary District.
8.16 	(c) $8,000,000 of this appropriation is for a 
8.17 	grant to Polk County for phase 1 of a regional 
8.18 	integrated solid waste management system. 
8.19 	This appropriation is not available until the 
8.20 	agency determines that an amount sufficient 
8.21 	to complete the project is committed from 
8.22 	nonstate sources. An additional renewable 
8.23 	energy component shall not be mandated as 
8.24 	a requirement of this project to qualify for 
8.25 	funding under this section.

8.26	Subd. 3.Superfund Drinking Water Program
 				1,750,000
	
8.27 	For the Superfund program under Minnesota 
8.28 	Statutes, section 115B.17, to install a 
8.29 	drinking water treatment system in the city 
8.30 	of Spring Park in Hennepin County and in 
8.31 	the city of Bayport in Washington County.

8.32
8.33	Sec. 6. BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL 
RESOURCES
 			$
	1,000,000
	
9.1 	To the Board of Water and Soil Resources 
9.2 	for grants to local governments in Area II 
9.3 	of the Minnesota River Basin to acquire, 
9.4 	design, and construct floodwater retention 
9.5 	systems. This appropriation is not available 
9.6 	until the board determines that $1 has been 
9.7 	committed from nonstate sources for every 
9.8 	$3 of state grant.

9.9	Sec. 7. AGRICULTURE
 			$
	50,000
	
9.10 	To the commissioner of administration for 
9.11 	replacement of the windows in the East 
9.12 	Grand Forks potato inspection facility.

9.13	Sec. 8. ADMINISTRATION

9.14	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	32,924,000
	
9.15 	To the commissioner of administration for 
9.16 	the purposes specified in this section.

9.17	Subd. 2.Capitol Restoration
 				26,724,000
	
9.18 	(a) To complete the design of, and to 
9.19 	construct, repair, improve, renovate, restore, 
9.20 	furnish, and equip the expanded restoration 
9.21 	elements of the State Capitol Building and 
9.22 	grounds, and any associated asbestos and 
9.23 	hazardous materials abatement, including 
9.24 	but not limited to: (1) water infiltration, 
9.25 	settlement, and deterioration on the plaza, 
9.26 	terrace, and stairs; (2) visitor access and 
9.27 	bus loading and unloading; (3) decorative 
9.28 	painting; (4) cove molding; (5) accessibility, 
9.29 	safety, and security for the South Loggia; (6) 
9.30 	landscaping on Lot O; and (7) modifications 
9.31 	to Aurora Avenue.
9.32 	(b) $2,000,000 may be used to design, 
9.33 	construct, repair, improve, renovate, restore, 
10.1 	furnish, and equip other items as needed 
10.2 	to meet the guiding principles established 
10.3 	by the Capitol Preservation Commission 
10.4 	of architectural integrity, functionality, 
10.5 	and life-safety. The commissioner of 
10.6 	administration must submit designs and 
10.7 	plans for the use of this appropriation to 
10.8 	the Capitol Preservation Commission and, 
10.9 	other than for design work, the appropriation 
10.10 	in this paragraph is not available until the 
10.11 	commission approves these plans.

10.12
10.13	Subd. 3.Contingency for Capitol Site Security 
Enhancements
 				6,200,000
	
10.14 	To complete the design of, and to construct, 
10.15 	repair, furnish, and equip, including 
10.16 	associated asbestos and hazardous materials 
10.17 	abatement, if any, physical security 
10.18 	improvements for the Capitol grounds 
10.19 	bordered by Aurora Avenue to the South, 
10.20 	University Avenue to the North, Cedar 
10.21 	Street to the East, and the Rev. Dr. Martin 
10.22 	Luther King Jr. Boulevard to the West. 
10.23 	The commissioner of administration must 
10.24 	submit site security design elements to the 
10.25 	Capitol Preservation Commission and may 
10.26 	not proceed with those elements until the 
10.27 	commission approves site security design 
10.28 	elements.

10.29
10.30	Sec. 9. MINNESOTA AMATEUR SPORTS 
COMMISSION
 			$
	2,000,000
	
10.31 	From the general fund, to the Minnesota 
10.32 	Amateur Sports Commission for the purposes 
10.33 	of making grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
10.34 	section 240A.09, paragraph (b).

10.35	Sec. 10. TRANSPORTATION

11.1	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	172,480,000
	
11.2 	To the commissioner of transportation for the 
11.3 	purposes specified in this section.

11.4
11.5	Subd. 2.Local Bridge Replacement and 
Rehabilitation
 				7,410,000
	
11.6 	From the bond proceeds account in the state 
11.7 	transportation fund to match federal money 
11.8 	and to replace or rehabilitate local deficient 
11.9 	bridges as provided in Minnesota Statutes, 
11.10 	section 174.50.

11.11
11.12	Subd. 3.Local Road Improvement Fund 
Grants
 				8,910,000
	
11.13 	(a) From the bond proceeds account in 
11.14 	the state transportation fund as provided 
11.15 	in Minnesota Statutes, section 174.50, for 
11.16 	construction and reconstruction of local 
11.17 	roads with statewide or regional significance 
11.18 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 174.52, 
11.19 	subdivision 4, or for grants to counties to 
11.20 	assist in paying the costs of rural road safety 
11.21 	capital improvement projects on county 
11.22 	state-aid highways under Minnesota Statutes, 
11.23 	section 174.52, subdivision 4a.
11.24 	(b) This appropriation includes $850,000 for 
11.25 	a grant to the city of Sandstone for predesign, 
11.26 	design, engineering, and construction of a 
11.27 	road extending south off of marked Trunk 
11.28 	Highway 23 across from Lundorff Drive 
11.29 	to the airport area, and including a bridge 
11.30 	over Skunk Creek in Sandstone, in order to 
11.31 	facilitate repurposing of an area of the airport 
11.32 	into a business park. This appropriation 
11.33 	is not available until the commissioner of 
11.34 	management and budget determines that 
11.35 	sufficient resources to complete the project 
12.1 	are committed to it from other sources, 
12.2 	including any funds made available from the 
12.3 	commissioner of transportation.
12.4 	(c) This appropriation includes $3,770,000 
12.5 	for a grant to Kandiyohi County for 
12.6 	construction and reconstruction of local 
12.7 	roads to facilitate the construction of 
12.8 	highway-rail grade separations at U.S. 
12.9 	Highway 12 and Minnesota Highway 40 as 
12.10 	part of the Willmar Wye project.

12.11
12.12	Subd. 4.Minnesota Valley Regional Railroad 
Authority
 				1,000,000
	
12.13 	For a grant to the Minnesota Valley Regional 
12.14 	Rail Authority for the rehabilitation of 
12.15 	a portion of the railroad track between 
12.16 	Winthrop and Hanley Falls. The grant 
12.17 	under this subdivision may also be used for 
12.18 	any required environmental documentation 
12.19 	and remediation, predesign, design, and 
12.20 	rehabilitation or replacement of bridges with 
12.21 	new bridges or culverts between Winthrop 
12.22 	and Hanley Falls. A grant under this section 
12.23 	is in addition to any grant, loan, or loan 
12.24 	guarantee for this project made by the 
12.25 	commissioner under Minnesota Statutes, 
12.26 	sections 222.46 to 222.62. This appropriation 
12.27 	is in addition to the appropriations in Laws 
12.28 	2006, chapter 258, section 16, subdivision 
12.29 	6; Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 16, 
12.30 	subdivision 5; Laws 2009, chapter 93, article 
12.31 	1, section 11, subdivision 4; and Laws 2010, 
12.32 	chapter 189, section 15, subdivision 5.

12.33
12.34	Subd. 5.Plymouth - Highway-Rail Grade 
Separations
 				4,700,000
	
12.35 	For a grant to the city of Plymouth, to 
12.36 	construct a highway-rail grade separation 
13.1 	of the Canadian Pacific railroad crossing 
13.2 	and Vicksburg Lane, associated retaining 
13.3 	wall, and grading of the embankments, all 
13.4 	in the city of Plymouth. This appropriation 
13.5 	is not available until the commissioner of 
13.6 	management and budget determines that an 
13.7 	amount sufficient to complete the project is 
13.8 	committed from nonstate sources.

13.913.10
	Subd. 6.Koochiching County - Highway-Rail 
Grade Separation
 				460,000
	
13.11 	For a grant to Koochiching County to acquire 
13.12 	land, predesign, design, construct, and equip 
13.13 	a road between marked Trunk Highway 11 
13.14 	and marked County State-Aid Highway 20 
13.15 	as an alternate route around the Canadian 
13.16 	National Railroad tracks grade crossing at 
13.17 	marked County State-Aid Highway 20.

13.18	Subd. 7.Richfield - 77th Street Underpass
 				10,000,000
	
13.19 	For a grant to the city of Richfield for 
13.20 	right-of-way acquisition and construction of 
13.21 	an extension of 77th Street under marked 
13.22 	Trunk Highway 77/Cedar Avenue in the 
13.23 	city of Richfield to provide local and 
13.24 	regional access between Richfield, the 
13.25 	Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport, 
13.26 	the city of Bloomington, and the Mall of 
13.27 	America.

13.28	Subd. 8.Trunk Highway Projects
 				140,000,000
	
13.29 	From the bond proceeds account in the trunk 
13.30 	highway fund for trunk highway design, 
13.31 	engineering, construction, reconstruction, 
13.32 	and improvement, including design-build and 
13.33 	construction manager at risk contracts and 
13.34 	consultant usage to support these activities.

14.1	Sec. 11. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
 			$
	1,500,000
	
14.2 	To the Metropolitan Council for grants 
14.3 	to municipalities within the metropolitan 
14.4 	area, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, 
14.5 	section 473.121, subdivision 2, for capital 
14.6 	improvements in municipal wastewater 
14.7 	collection systems to reduce the amount of 
14.8 	inflow and infiltration to the Metropolitan 
14.9 	Council's metropolitan sanitary sewer 
14.10 	disposal system. Grants from this 
14.11 	appropriation are for up to 50 percent of the 
14.12 	cost to mitigate inflow and infiltration in 
14.13 	the publicly owned municipal wastewater 
14.14 	collection systems. To be eligible for a grant, 
14.15 	a municipality must be identified by the 
14.16 	council as a contributor of excessive inflow 
14.17 	and infiltration in the metropolitan disposal 
14.18 	system or have a measured flow rate within 20 
14.19 	percent of its allowable council-determined 
14.20 	inflow and infiltration limits. The council 
14.21 	must award grants based on applications from 
14.22 	municipalities that identify eligible capital 
14.23 	costs and include a timeline for inflow and 
14.24 	infiltration mitigation construction, pursuant 
14.25 	to guidelines established by the council.

14.26	Sec. 12. VETERANS AFFAIRS
 			$
	650,000
	
14.27 	(a) To the commissioner of administration 
14.28 	for predesign and design, including 
14.29 	environmental assessment, for the 
14.30 	rehabilitation of the bridge located over 
14.31 	Minnehaha Creek linking South Minnehaha 
14.32 	Drive and the Minneapolis Veterans Home. 
14.33 	(b) The commissioner of transportation 
14.34 	may provide technical services to assist 
15.1 	the Department of Administration and the 
15.2 	Department of Veterans Affairs in overseeing 
15.3 	the project.

15.4	Sec. 13. CORRECTIONS
 			$
	1,200,000
	
15.5 	To the commissioner of administration 
15.6 	for a grant to the Arrowhead Regional 
15.7 	Corrections Joint Powers Board to demolish 
15.8 	an existing facility and to design, construct, 
15.9 	furnish, and equip a replacement food 
15.10 	processing facility on the campus of the 
15.11 	Northeast Regional Corrections Center, to 
15.12 	meet health, safety, and security standards 
15.13 	required for compliance with Minnesota 
15.14 	Rules, chapter 2911. Nonstate contributions 
15.15 	to improvements at the center made before 
15.16 	or after the enactment of this subdivision are 
15.17 	considered to be a sufficient match, and no 
15.18 	further nonstate match is required.

15.19
15.20	Sec. 14. EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC 
DEVELOPMENT

15.21	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	3,300,000
	
15.22 	To the commissioner of employment and 
15.23 	economic development for the purposes 
15.24 	specified in this section.

15.25
15.26	Subd. 2.Greater Minnesota Business 
Development Infrastructure Grant Program
 				1,000,000
	
15.27 	For grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 
15.28 	116J.431. 

15.29
15.30	Subd. 3.Transportation Economic 
Development
 				2,000,000
	
15.31 	For grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 
15.32 	116J.436.

15.33	Subd. 4.Eagle's Healing Nest
 				300,000
	
16.1 	From the general fund to the city of Sauk 
16.2 	Centre for a grant to Eagle's Healing Nest 
16.3 	to replace the roof at its facility that serves 
16.4 	veterans, service members, and their families 
16.5 	in Sauk Centre.

16.6	Sec. 15. PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY
 			$
	10,000,000
	
16.7 	To the Public Facilities Authority for 
16.8 	grants to eligible municipalities under the 
16.9 	wastewater infrastructure funding program 
16.10 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.072.

16.11
16.12	Sec. 16. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL 
SOCIETY
 			$
	500,000
	
16.13 	To the Minnesota Historical Society to 
16.14 	predesign a facility to support visitor services 
16.15 	and history programs at Historic Fort 
16.16 	Snelling.

16.17	Sec. 17. BOND SALE EXPENSES

16.18	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	320,000
	
16.19 	To the commissioner of management and 
16.20 	budget for the purposes specified in this 
16.21 	section.

16.22	Subd. 2.Bond Proceeds Fund
 				180,000
	
16.23 	From the bond proceeds fund for bond sale 
16.24 	expenses under Minnesota Statutes, section 
16.25 	16A.641, subdivision 8.

16.26	Subd. 3.Trunk Highway Fund
 				140,000
	
16.27 	From the bond proceeds account in the 
16.28 	trunk highway fund to the commissioner 
16.29 	of management and budget for bond 
16.30 	sale expenses under Minnesota Statutes, 
16.31 	sections 16A.641, subdivision 8, and 167.50, 
16.32 	subdivision 4.

17.1 	Sec. 18. BOND SALE.
 17.2 		Subdivision 1.Bond proceeds fund. To provide the money appropriated in this 
17.3 	article from the bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall 
17.4 	sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $160,211,000 in the manner, upon the 
17.5 	terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, 
17.6 	and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
17.7 		Subd. 2.Transportation fund. To provide the money appropriated in this article 
17.8 	from the state transportation fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell 
17.9 	and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $16,320,000 in the manner, upon the terms, 
17.10 	and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by 
17.11 	the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7. The proceeds of the bonds, except 
17.12 	accrued interest received on the sale of the bonds, must be credited to a bond proceeds 
17.13 	account in the state transportation fund.
17.14 		Subd. 3.Trunk highway fund. To provide the money appropriated in this 
17.15 	article from the bond proceeds account in the trunk highway fund, the commissioner 
17.16 	of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to 
17.17 	$140,140,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota 
17.18 	Statutes, sections 167.50 to 167.52, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XIV, section 
17.19 	11, at the times and in the amounts requested by the commissioner of transportation. The 
17.20 	proceeds of the bonds, except accrued interest and any premium received from the sale of 
17.21 	the bonds, must be deposited in the bond proceeds account in the trunk highway fund.

17.22 	Sec. 19. BOND SALE SCHEDULE.
 17.23 	The commissioner of management and budget shall schedule the sale of state 
17.24 	general obligation bonds so that, during the biennium ending June 30, 2017, no more 
17.25 	than $1,267,459,000 will need to be transferred from the general fund to the state bond 
17.26 	fund to pay principal and interest due and to become due on outstanding state general 
17.27 	obligation bonds. During the biennium, before each sale of state general obligation bonds, 
17.28 	the commissioner of management and budget shall calculate the amount of debt service 
17.29 	payments needed on bonds previously issued and shall estimate the amount of debt service 
17.30 	payments that will be needed on the bonds scheduled to be sold. The commissioner shall 
17.31 	adjust the amount of bonds scheduled to be sold so as to remain within the limit set by this 
17.32 	section. The amount needed to make the debt service payments is appropriated from the 
17.33 	general fund as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641.

17.34 	Sec. 20. CANCELLATION; BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION REDUCTION.
 18.1 	The unobligated amount remaining from the appropriation in Laws 2014, chapter 
18.2 	294, article 1, section 4, subdivision 3, paragraph (d), is canceled. The bond sale 
18.3 	authorization in Laws 2014, chapter 294, article 1, section 26, subdivision 1, is reduced 
18.4 	by the same amount.

18.5 	Sec. 21. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 18.6 	This article is effective the day following final enactment.

18.7 	ARTICLE 2
18.8 	DISASTER RELIEF

18.9 	Section 1. DISASTER RELIEF APPROPRIATIONS.
 18.10 		Subdivision 1.Appropriations. The sums shown in the column under 
18.11 	"Appropriations" are appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to be spent to acquire and 
18.12 	to better publicly owned land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital 
18.13 	nature, and from other named funds, for relief as specified in this article from the storms 
18.14 	and flooding that occurred on or after June 11, 2014, in the area in Minnesota designated 
18.15 	under Presidential Declaration of a Major Disaster FEMA-4182-DR, whether included in 
18.16 	the original declarations or added later by federal government action, referred to in this 
18.17 	article as "the area included in DR-4182." Unless otherwise specified, money appropriated 
18.18 	in this article for a capital program or project may be used to pay state agency staff costs 
18.19 	that are attributed directly to the capital program or project in accordance with accounting 
18.20 	policies adopted by the commissioner of management and budget. Unless otherwise 
18.21 	specified, the appropriations from the general fund in this article are for fiscal year 2016 
18.22 	and are available the day following final enactment through June 30, 2018. Appropriations 
18.23 	of bond proceeds for capital improvements are available the day following final enactment 
18.24 	and until the project is completed or abandoned, subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
18.25 	16A.642. The appropriations in this article are onetime.
18.26 		Subd. 2.Transfers. Money appropriated from the general fund under this article 
18.27 	may be transferred as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 12A.03, subdivision 5.

18.28						APPROPRIATIONS

18.29	Sec. 2. NATURAL RESOURCES

18.30	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	5,155,000
	
18.31 	To the commissioner of natural resources for 
18.32 	the purposes specified in Minnesota Statutes, 
19.1 	section 12A.12. The amounts that may be 
19.2 	spent for each purpose are specified in the 
19.3 	following subdivisions.

19.4	Subd. 2.Facility and Natural Resource Damage
 				2,140,000
	
19.5 	From the bond proceeds fund for the 
19.6 	purposes specified in Minnesota Statutes, 
19.7 	section 12A.12, subdivision 1.

19.8	Subd. 3.Flood Hazard Mitigation Grants
 				3,015,000
	
19.9 	For the purposes specified in Minnesota 
19.10 	Statutes, section 12A.12, subdivision 2. 
19.11 	Funds are also available for the local share of 
19.12 	flood mitigation projects. This appropriation 
19.13 	includes funds for a grant to the Prior 
19.14 	Lake-Spring Lake Watershed District for 
19.15 	restoration of the Prior Lake outlet channel. 
19.16 	Of this amount, $2,515,000 is from the bond 
19.17 	proceeds fund and $500,000 is from the 
19.18 	general fund.

19.19
19.20	Sec. 3. BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL 
RESOURCES

19.21	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$ 
	15,300,000
	
19.22 	To the Board of Water and Soil Resources for 
19.23 	the purposes specified in Minnesota Statutes, 
19.24 	section 12A.05. The amounts that may be 
19.25 	spent for each purpose are specified in the 
19.26 	following subdivisions.

19.27
19.28	Subd. 2.Reinvest in Minnesota (RIM) 
Conservation Easements 
 				4,700,000
	
19.29 	From the bond proceeds fund for the 
19.30 	purposes specified in Minnesota Statutes, 
19.31 	section 12A.05, subdivision 1, in the area 
19.32 	included in DR-4182. The duration of the 
19.33 	easements shall be perpetual.

20.1
20.2	Subd. 3.Erosion, Sediment, and Water Quality 
Control Cost-Share Program 
 				10,600,000
	
20.3 	From the general fund for the purposes 
20.4 	specified in Minnesota Statutes, section 
20.5 	12A.05, subdivision 2, in the area included 
20.6 	in DR-4182. Priority use of these funds shall 
20.7 	be to supplement or match federal funds 
20.8 	whenever possible and practical.

20.920.10
	Sec. 4. TRANSPORTATION; LOCAL ROAD 
AND BRIDGE RECONSTRUCTION
 			$ 
	800,000
	
20.11 	From the bond proceeds account in the 
20.12 	state transportation fund for grants under 
20.13 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 12A.16, 
20.14 	subdivision 3, and 174.50, to local 
20.15 	governments in the area included in 
20.16 	DR-4182.

20.17
20.18	Sec. 5. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL 
SOCIETY
 			$
	100,000
	
20.19 	To the Minnesota Historical Society for a 
20.20 	grant to the city of Jordan for an assessment 
20.21 	of the damage and repair of historic structures 
20.22 	or other historic resources under Minnesota 
20.23 	Statutes, section 12A.11. This appropriation 
20.24 	is from the general fund.

20.25
20.26	Sec. 6. EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC 
DEVELOPMENT

20.27	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$ 
	4,100,000
	
20.28 	To the commissioner of employment and 
20.29 	economic development for the purposes 
20.30 	specified in this section.

20.31	Subd. 2.Children's Museum
 				100,000
	
20.32 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
20.33 	12A.03, subdivision 3, for a grant from the 
21.1 	general fund to the Children's Museum of 
21.2 	Southern Minnesota for flood loss incurred 
21.3 	by the museum.

21.4	Subd. 3.Steele County - Public Works Building
 				4,000,000
	
21.5 	Notwithstanding section 1 and Minnesota 
21.6 	Statutes, section 12A.03, subdivision 3, for a 
21.7 	grant to Steele County to design, construct, 
21.8 	furnish, and equip a public works building 
21.9 	in Owatonna.

21.10	Sec. 7. BOND SALE EXPENSES
 			$
	11,000
	
21.11 	From the bond proceeds fund to the 
21.12 	commissioner of management and budget 
21.13 	for bond sale expenses under Minnesota 
21.14 	Statutes, section 16A.641, subdivision 8.

21.15 	Sec. 8. BOND SALE AUTHORIZATIONS.
 21.16 		Subdivision 1.Bond proceeds fund. To provide the money appropriated in this 
21.17 	article from the bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall 
21.18 	sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $13,366,000 in the manner, upon the 
21.19 	terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, 
21.20 	and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
21.21 		Subd. 2.Transportation fund. To provide the money appropriated in this article 
21.22 	from the state transportation fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell 
21.23 	and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $800,000 in the manner, upon the terms, 
21.24 	and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by 
21.25 	the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7. The proceeds of the bonds, except 
21.26 	accrued interest received on the sale of the bonds, must be credited to a bond proceeds 
21.27 	account in the state transportation fund.

21.28 	Sec. 9. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 21.29 	This article is effective the day following final enactment.

22.1 	ARTICLE 3
22.2 	MISCELLANEOUS

22.3 	Section 1. [16A.967] LEWIS AND CLARK APPROPRIATION BONDS.
22.4 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this 
22.5 	section.
22.6 	(b) "Appropriation bond" or "bond" means a bond, note, or other similar instrument 
22.7 	of the state payable during a biennium from one or more of the following sources:
22.8 	(1) money appropriated by law from the general fund in any biennium for debt 
22.9 	service due with respect to obligations described in subdivision 2, paragraph (c);
22.10 	(2) proceeds of the sale of obligations described in subdivision 2, paragraph (c);
22.11 	(3) payments received for that purpose under agreements and ancillary arrangements 
22.12 	described in subdivision 2, paragraph (e); and
22.13 	(4) investment earnings on amounts in clauses (1) to (3).
22.14 	(c) "Debt service" means the amount payable in any biennium of principal, premium, 
22.15 	if any, and interest on appropriation bonds.
22.16 		Subd. 2.Authorization to issue appropriation bonds. (a) Subject to the limitations 
22.17 	of this subdivision, the commissioner may sell and issue appropriation bonds of the state 
22.18 	under this section for public purposes as provided by law, including, in particular, the 
22.19 	financing of the land acquisition, design, engineering, and construction of facilities and 
22.20 	infrastructure necessary to complete the next phase of the Lewis and Clark Regional Water 
22.21 	System project, including completion of the pipeline to Magnolia, extension of the project 
22.22 	to the Lincoln-Pipestone Rural Water System connection near Adrian, and engineering, 
22.23 	design, and easement acquisition for the final phase of the project to Worthington. No 
22.24 	bonds shall be sold until the commissioner determines that a nonstate match of at least 
22.25 	$9,000,000 is committed to this project phase. Grant agreements entered into under this 
22.26 	section must provide for reimbursement to the state from any federal money provided for 
22.27 	the project, consistent with the Lewis and Clark Regional Water System, Inc., agreement.
22.28 	(b) The appropriation bonds may be issued and sold only after the commissioner 
22.29 	determines that the construction and administration for work done on the project will 
22.30 	comply with (1) all federal requirements and regulations associated with the Lewis and 
22.31 	Clark Rural Water System Act of 2000, and (2) the cooperative agreement between the 
22.32 	United States Department of the Interior and the Lewis and Clark Regional Water System, 
22.33 	Inc. Proceeds of the appropriation bonds must be credited to a special appropriation Lewis 
22.34 	and Clark bond proceeds fund in the state treasury. All income from investment of the 
23.1 	bond proceeds, as estimated by the commissioner, is appropriated to the commissioner for 
23.2 	the payment of principal and interest on the appropriation bonds.
23.3 	(c) Appropriation bonds may be sold and issued in amounts that, in the opinion of 
23.4 	the commissioner, are necessary to provide sufficient money, not to exceed $19,000,000 
23.5 	net of costs of issuance, for the purposes as provided under paragraph (a), and pay debt 
23.6 	service including capitalized interest, costs of issuance, costs of credit enhancement, or 
23.7 	make payments under other agreements entered into under paragraph (e).
23.8 	(d) Appropriation bonds may be issued in one or more issues or series on the terms and 
23.9 	conditions the commissioner determines to be in the best interests of the state, but the term 
23.10 	on any series of appropriation bonds may not exceed 25 years. The appropriation bonds of 
23.11 	each issue and series thereof shall be dated and bear interest, and may be includable in or 
23.12 	excludable from the gross income of the owners for federal income tax purposes.
23.13 	(e) At the time of, or in anticipation of, issuing the appropriation bonds, and at any 
23.14 	time thereafter, so long as the appropriation bonds are outstanding, the commissioner may 
23.15 	enter into agreements and ancillary arrangements relating to the appropriation bonds, 
23.16 	including but not limited to trust indentures, grant agreements, lease or use agreements, 
23.17 	operating agreements, management agreements, liquidity facilities, remarketing or 
23.18 	dealer agreements, letter of credit agreements, insurance policies, guaranty agreements, 
23.19 	reimbursement agreements, indexing agreements, or interest exchange agreements. Any 
23.20 	payments made or received according to the agreement or ancillary arrangement shall be 
23.21 	made from or deposited as provided in the agreement or ancillary arrangement. The 
23.22 	determination of the commissioner included in an interest exchange agreement that the 
23.23 	agreement relates to an appropriation bond shall be conclusive.
23.24 	(f) The commissioner may enter into written agreements or contracts relating to the 
23.25 	continuing disclosure of information necessary to comply with or facilitate the issuance 
23.26 	of appropriation bonds in accordance with federal securities laws, rules, and regulations, 
23.27 	including Securities and Exchange Commission rules and regulations in Code of Federal 
23.28 	Regulations, title 17, section 240.15c 2-12. An agreement may be in the form of covenants 
23.29 	with purchasers and holders of appropriation bonds set forth in the order or resolution 
23.30 	authorizing the issuance of the appropriation bonds, or a separate document authorized 
23.31 	by the order or resolution.
23.32 	(g) The appropriation bonds are not subject to chapter 16C.
23.33 		Subd. 3.Form; procedure. (a) Appropriation bonds may be issued in the form 
23.34 	of bonds, notes, or other similar instruments, and in the manner provided in section 
23.35 	16A.672. In the event that any provision of section 16A.672 conflicts with this section, 
23.36 	this section shall control.
24.1 	(b) Every appropriation bond shall include a conspicuous statement of the limitation 
24.2 	established in subdivision 6.
24.3 	(c) Appropriation bonds may be sold at either public or private sale upon such terms 
24.4 	as the commissioner shall determine are not inconsistent with this section and may be sold 
24.5 	at any price or percentage of par value. Any bid received may be rejected.
24.6 	(d) Appropriation bonds must bear interest at a fixed or variable rate.
24.7 	(e) Notwithstanding any other law, appropriation bonds issued under this section 
24.8 	shall be fully negotiable.
24.9 		Subd. 4.Refunding bonds. The commissioner may issue appropriation bonds 
24.10 	for the purpose of refunding any appropriation bonds then outstanding, including the 
24.11 	payment of any redemption premiums on the bonds, any interest accrued or to accrue to 
24.12 	the redemption date, and costs related to the issuance and sale of the refunding bonds. The 
24.13 	proceeds of any refunding bonds may, in the discretion of the commissioner, be applied 
24.14 	to the purchase or payment at maturity of the appropriation bonds to be refunded, to the 
24.15 	redemption of the outstanding appropriation bonds on any redemption date, or to pay 
24.16 	interest on the refunding bonds and may, pending application, be placed in escrow to be 
24.17 	applied to the purchase, payment, retirement, or redemption. Any escrowed proceeds, 
24.18 	pending such use, may be invested and reinvested in obligations that are authorized 
24.19 	investments under section 11A.24. The income earned or realized on the investment may 
24.20 	also be applied to the payment of the appropriation bonds to be refunded or interest or 
24.21 	premiums on the refunded appropriation bonds, or to pay interest on the refunding bonds. 
24.22 	After the terms of the escrow have been fully satisfied, any balance of the proceeds and 
24.23 	any investment income may be returned to the general fund or, if applicable, the special 
24.24 	appropriation Lewis and Clark bond proceeds fund for use in any lawful manner. All 
24.25 	refunding bonds issued under this subdivision must be prepared, executed, delivered, and 
24.26 	secured by appropriations in the same manner as the appropriation bonds to be refunded.
24.27 		Subd. 5.Appropriation bonds as legal investments. Any of the following entities 
24.28 	may legally invest any sinking funds, money, or other funds belonging to them or under 
24.29 	their control in any appropriation bonds issued under this section:
24.30 	(1) the state, the investment board, public officers, municipal corporations, political 
24.31 	subdivisions, and public bodies;
24.32 	(2) banks and bankers, savings and loan associations, credit unions, trust companies, 
24.33 	savings banks and institutions, investment companies, insurance companies, insurance 
24.34 	associations, and other persons carrying on a banking or insurance business; and
24.35 	(3) personal representatives, guardians, trustees, and other fiduciaries.
25.1 		Subd. 6.No full faith and credit; state not required to make appropriations. The 
25.2 	appropriation bonds are not public debt of the state, and the full faith, credit, and taxing 
25.3 	powers of the state are not pledged to the payment of the appropriation bonds or to any 
25.4 	payment that the state agrees to make under this section. Appropriation bonds shall not be 
25.5 	obligations paid directly, in whole or in part, from a tax of statewide application on any 
25.6 	class of property, income, transaction, or privilege. Appropriation bonds shall be payable 
25.7 	in each fiscal year only from amounts that the legislature may appropriate for debt service 
25.8 	for any fiscal year, provided that nothing in this section shall be construed to require the 
25.9 	state to appropriate money sufficient to make debt service payments with respect to the 
25.10 	appropriation bonds in any fiscal year. Appropriation bonds shall be canceled and shall 
25.11 	no longer be outstanding on the earlier of (1) the first day of a fiscal year for which the 
25.12 	legislature shall not have appropriated amounts sufficient for debt service, or (2) the date 
25.13 	of final payment of the principal of and interest on the appropriation bonds.
25.14 		Subd. 7.Appropriation of proceeds. The proceeds of appropriation bonds and 
25.15 	interest credited to the special appropriation Lewis and Clark bond proceeds fund are 
25.16 	appropriated to the commissioner for payment of capital expenses for the purposes 
25.17 	provided by subdivision 2, paragraph (a), debt service on the bonds including capitalized 
25.18 	interest, nonsalary costs of issuance of the bonds, costs of credit enhancement of the bonds 
25.19 	and payments under any agreements entered into under subdivision 2, paragraph (e), 
25.20 	each as permitted by state and federal law, and such proceeds may be granted, loaned, or 
25.21 	otherwise provided for the public purposes provided by subdivision 2, paragraph (a).
25.22 		Subd. 8.Appropriation for debt service and other purposes. An amount, up to 
25.23 	$1,351,000 needed to pay principal and interest on appropriation bonds issued under this 
25.24 	section is appropriated each fiscal year from the general fund to the commissioner, subject 
25.25 	to repeal, unallotment under section 16A.152, or cancellation, otherwise pursuant to 
25.26 	subdivision 6, for deposit into the bond payments account established for such purpose 
25.27 	in the special Lewis and Clark appropriation bond proceeds fund. The appropriation is 
25.28 	available beginning in fiscal year 2017 and through fiscal year 2038.
25.29 		Subd. 9.Waiver of immunity. The waiver of immunity by the state provided for 
25.30 	by section 3.751, subdivision 1, shall be applicable to the appropriation bonds and any 
25.31 	ancillary contracts to which the commissioner is a party.

25.32 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 85.015, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
25.33 		Subd. 6.Minnesota Valley Trail, Hennepin, Dakota, Scott, Carver, Sibley and 
25.34 	Le Sueur Counties. (a) The trail shall originate at Fort Snelling State Park and thence 
25.35 	extend generally southwesterly along the Minnesota River Valley through Hennepin, 
26.1 	Dakota, Scott, Carver, Sibley, and Le Sueur Counties to the city of Le Sueur, and there 
26.2 	terminate. The trail shall include the following state waysides: (a) Rice Lake Wayside, 
26.3 	in Scott County; (b) Carver Rapids Wayside, in Scott County; (c) Lawrence wayside, in 
26.4 	Scott county; (d) Belle Plaine Wayside, in Carver, Scott, and Sibley Counties; (e) Blakeley 
26.5 	Wayside, in Scott County; and (f) Rush River Wayside, in Sibley County.
26.6 	(b) The trail shall be developed primarily for riding and hiking. Motorized vehicles 
26.7 	are prohibited from that portion of the trail on the north side of the Minnesota River, 
26.8 	lying between Fort Snelling State Park and Rice Lake Wayside. That portion of the 
26.9 	trail on the north side of the Minnesota River, lying between the Bloomington Ferry 
26.10 	Bridge pedestrian crossing and the Cedar Avenue Bridge, must be a paved trail developed 
26.11 	primarily for hiking and bicycling.
26.12 	(c) In establishing, developing, maintaining, and operating the trail the commissioner 
26.13 	shall cooperate with local units of government and private individuals and groups 
26.14 	whenever feasible.

26.15 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 240A.09, is amended to read:
26.16 	240A.09 PLAN DEVELOPMENT; CRITERIA.
26.17 	The Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission shall develop a plan to promote the 
26.18 	development of proposals for new statewide public ice facilities including proposals for 
26.19 	ice centers and matching grants based on the criteria in this section.
26.20 	(a) For ice center proposals, the commission will give priority to proposals that 
26.21 	come from more than one local government unit. Institutions of higher education are not 
26.22 	eligible to receive a grant.
26.23 	(b) The commission must give priority to grant applications for indoor air quality 
26.24 	improvements and projects that eliminate R-22. For purposes of this section:
26.25 	(1) "indoor air quality improvements" means: (i) renovation or replacement of 
26.26 	heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems in existing indoor ice arenas whose 
26.27 	ice resurfacing and ice edging equipment are not powered by electricity in order to 
26.28 	reduce concentrations of carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide; and (ii) acquisition of 
26.29 	zero-emission ice resurfacing and ice edging equipment. The new or renovated systems 
26.30 	may include continuous electronic air monitoring devices to automatically activate the 
26.31 	ventilation systems when the concentration of carbon monoxide or nitrogen dioxide 
26.32 	reaches a predetermined level; and
26.33 	(2) "projects that eliminate R-22," means replacement of ice-making systems in 
26.34 	existing public facilities that use R-22 as a refrigerant, with systems that use alternative 
26.35 	non-ozone-depleting refrigerants.
27.1 	(c) In the metropolitan area as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2, the 
27.2 	commission is encouraged to give priority to the following proposals:
27.3 	(1) proposals for construction of two or more ice sheets in a single new facility;
27.4 	(2) proposals for construction of an additional sheet of ice at an existing ice center;
27.5 	(3) proposals for construction of a new, single sheet of ice as part of a sports complex 
27.6 	with multiple sports facilities; and
27.7 	(4) proposals for construction of a new, single sheet of ice that will be expanded to a 
27.8 	two-sheet facility in the future.
27.9 	(d) The commission shall administer a site selection process for the ice centers. The 
27.10 	commission shall invite proposals from cities or counties or consortia of cities. A proposal 
27.11 	for an ice center must include matching contributions including in-kind contributions of 
27.12 	land, access roadways and access roadway improvements, and necessary utility services, 
27.13 	landscaping, and parking.
27.14 	(e) Proposals for ice centers and matching grants must provide for meeting the 
27.15 	demand for ice time for female groups by offering up to 50 percent of prime ice time, as 
27.16 	needed, to female groups. For purposes of this section, prime ice time means the hours 
27.17 	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 
27.18 	and Sundays.
27.19 	(f) The location for all proposed facilities must be in areas of maximum demonstrated 
27.20 	interest and must maximize accessibility to an arterial highway.
27.21 	(g) To the extent possible, all proposed facilities must be dispersed equitably, must 
27.22 	be located to maximize potential for full utilization and profitable operation, and must 
27.23 	accommodate noncompetitive family and community skating for all ages.
27.24 	(h) The commission may also use the money to upgrade current facilities, purchase 
27.25 	girls' ice time, or conduct amateur women's hockey and other ice sport tournaments.
27.26 	(i) To the extent possible, 50 percent of all grants must be awarded to communities 
27.27 	in greater Minnesota.
27.28 	(j) To the extent possible, technical assistance shall be provided to Minnesota 
27.29 	communities by the commission on ice arena planning, design, and operation, including 
27.30 	the marketing of ice time and on projects described in paragraph (b).
27.31 	(k) A grant for new facilities may not exceed $250,000.
27.32 	(l) The commission may make grants for rehabilitation and renovation. A 
27.33 	rehabilitation or renovation grant for air quality may not exceed $200,000 and a 
27.34 	rehabilitation or renovation grant for R-22 elimination may not exceed $50,000 for 
27.35 	indirect cooling systems and may not exceed $400,000 for direct cooling systems. Priority 
28.1 	must be given to grant applications for indoor air quality improvements, including zero 
28.2 	emission ice resurfacing equipment, and for projects that eliminate R-22.
28.3 	(m) Grant money may be used for ice centers designed for sports other than hockey.
28.4 	(n) Grant money may be used to upgrade existing facilities to comply with the 
28.5 	bleacher safety requirements of section 326B.112.

28.6 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 462A.37, is amended by adding a subdivision 
28.7 	to read:
28.8 		Subd. 2b.Additional authorization. In addition to the amount authorized in 
28.9 	subdivisions 2 and 2a, the agency may issue up to $10,000,000 of housing infrastructure 
28.10 	bonds in one or more series to which the payments made under this section may be pledged.

28.11 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 462A.37, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
28.12 		Subd. 5.Additional appropriation. (a) The agency must certify annually to the 
28.13 	commissioner of management and budget the actual amount of annual debt service on 
28.14 	each series of bonds issued under subdivision subdivisions 2a and 2b.
28.15 	(b) Each July 15, beginning in 2015 and through 2037, if any housing infrastructure 
28.16 	bonds issued under subdivision 2a remain outstanding, the commissioner of management 
28.17 	and budget must transfer to the housing infrastructure bond account established under 
28.18 	section 462A.21, subdivision 33, the amount certified under paragraph (a), not to exceed 
28.19 	$6,400,000 annually. The amounts necessary to make the transfers are appropriated from 
28.20 	the general fund to the commissioner of management and budget.
28.21 	(c) Each July 15, beginning in 2017 and through 2038, if any housing infrastructure 
28.22 	bonds issued under subdivision 2b remain outstanding, the commissioner of management 
28.23 	and budget must transfer to the housing infrastructure bond account established under 
28.24 	section 462A.21, subdivision 33, the amount certified under paragraph (a), not to exceed 
28.25 	$800,000 annually. The amounts necessary to make the transfers are appropriated from 
28.26 	the general fund to the commissioner of management and budget.
28.27 	(c) (d) The agency may pledge to the payment of the housing infrastructure bonds 
28.28 	the payments to be made by the state under this section.

28.29 	Sec. 6. Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 7, subdivision 22, is amended to read:

28.30
28.31	Subd. 22.State Park and Recreation Area 
Acquisition, Rehabilitation, and Development
 				19,041,000
	
28.32 	(a) For projects within state parks established 
28.33 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 85.012, 
29.1 	and state recreation areas established 
29.2 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 85.013, 
29.3 	contained in the Department of Natural 
29.4 	Resources, Division of Parks and Recreation's 
29.5 	ten-year project list for "New and Deferred 
29.6 	Maintenance Bondable Projects" dated 
29.7 	March 20, 2008. This appropriation includes 
29.8 	money for new projects at Bear Head Lake, 
29.9 	Beaver Creek Valley, Blue Mounds, Buffalo 
29.10 	River, Cuyuna Country State Recreation 
29.11 	Area, Flandrau, Fort Ridgely, Frontenac, 
29.12 	Glendalough, Itasca, Lake Bemidji, Lake 
29.13 	Carlos, Maplewood, Sibley, Soudan Mine, 
29.14 	Split Rock Lighthouse, Temperance River, 
29.15 	Tettegouche, and William O'Brien State 
29.16 	Parks. The commissioner shall determine 
29.17 	project priorities as appropriate, based on 
29.18 	need. 
29.19 	(b) For infrastructure rehabilitation and 
29.20 	the renovation and development of 
29.21 	facilities within state parks established 
29.22 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 85.012, 
29.23 	contained in the Department of Natural 
29.24 	Resources, Division of Parks and Recreation's 
29.25 	ten-year project list for "New and Deferred 
29.26 	Maintenance Bondable Projects" dated 
29.27 	March 20, 2008. This appropriation includes 
29.28 	money for Interstate, Itasca, Jay Cooke, Lake 
29.29 	Louise, Lake Shetek, Maplewood, Split Rock 
29.30 	Lighthouse, St. Croix, and Tettegouche. 
29.31 	The commissioner shall determine project 
29.32 	priorities as appropriate, based on need.
29.33 	$2,400,000 is to acquire from willing sellers 
29.34 	land within the boundaries of Greenleaf 
29.35 	Lake State Recreation Area, established 
30.1 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 85.013, 
30.2 	subdivision 11b.
30.3 	$200,000 is to develop campgrounds at Red 
30.4 	River State Recreation Area.
30.5 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
30.6 	16A.642, the bond sale authorization and 
30.7 	appropriation of bond proceeds for the 
30.8 	projects in this subdivision are available until 
30.9 	December 31, 2017.

30.10 	Sec. 7. Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 16, subdivision 5, as amended by Laws 2014, 
30.11 	chapter 294, article 2, section 10, is amended to read:

30.12
30.13	Subd. 5.Minnesota Valley Railroad Track 
Rehabilitation
 				3,000,000
	
30.14 	For a grant to the Minnesota Valley Regional 
30.15 	Rail Authority to rehabilitate a portion of 
30.16 	railroad track from Norwood-Young America 
30.17 	to Hanley Falls. The grant under this 
30.18 	subdivision may also be used for predesign, 
30.19 	design, engineering, and rehabilitation or 
30.20 	replacement of bridges with new bridges 
30.21 	or culverts between Norwood-Young 
30.22 	America and Hanley Falls. Notwithstanding 
30.23 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, the 
30.24 	bond sale authorization for this project 
30.25 	and appropriation of bond proceeds in this 
30.26 	subdivision are available until December 31, 
30.27 	2015 2017. A grant under this subdivision 
30.28 	is in addition to any grant, loan, or loan 
30.29 	guarantee for this project made by the 
30.30 	commissioner under Minnesota Statutes, 
30.31 	sections 222.46 to 222.62.

30.32 	Sec. 8. Laws 2009, chapter 93, article 1, section 11, subdivision 4, as amended by Laws 
30.33 	2014, chapter 294, article 2, section 11, is amended to read:

31.1
31.2	Subd. 4.Minnesota Valley Railroad Track 
Rehabilitation
 				4,000,000
	
31.3 	For a grant to the Minnesota Valley Regional 
31.4 	Railroad Authority to rehabilitate up to 95 
31.5 	miles of railroad track from Norwood-Young 
31.6 	America to Hanley Falls. The grant 
31.7 	under this subdivision may also be used 
31.8 	for predesign, design, engineering, and 
31.9 	rehabilitation or replacement of bridges 
31.10 	with new bridges or culverts between 
31.11 	Norwood-Young America and Hanley Falls. 
31.12 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
31.13 	16A.642, the bond sale authorization for this 
31.14 	project and appropriation of bond proceeds 
31.15 	in this subdivision are available until 
31.16 	December 31, 2015 2017. A grant under this 
31.17 	subdivision is in addition to any grant, loan, 
31.18 	or loan guarantee for this project made by 
31.19 	the commissioner under Minnesota Statutes, 
31.20 	sections 222.46 to 222.62.

31.21 	Sec. 9. Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 15, subdivision 5, as amended by Laws 2014, 
31.22 	chapter 294, article 2, section 12, is amended to read:

31.23
31.24	Subd. 5.Minnesota Valley Railroad Track 
Rehabilitation
 				5,000,000
	
31.25 	For a grant to the Minnesota Valley Regional 
31.26 	Rail Authority to rehabilitate and make 
31.27 	capital improvements to railroad track from 
31.28 	east of Gaylord to Winthrop. The grant 
31.29 	under this subdivision may also be used 
31.30 	for predesign, design, engineering, and 
31.31 	rehabilitation or replacement of bridges 
31.32 	with new bridges or culverts between 
31.33 	Gaylord and Winthrop. Notwithstanding 
31.34 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, the 
31.35 	bond sale authorization for this project 
32.1 	and appropriation of bond proceeds in this 
32.2 	subdivision are available until December 31, 
32.3 	2015 2017. A grant under this subdivision 
32.4 	is in addition to any grant, loan, or loan 
32.5 	guarantee for this project made by the 
32.6 	commissioner under Minnesota Statutes, 
32.7 	sections 222.46 to 222.62.

32.8 	Sec. 10. Laws 2012, chapter 293, section 3, subdivision 18, is amended to read:

32.932.10
	Subd. 18.Southwest Minnesota State 
University, Marshall

32.11	Science Lab Renovation
				500,000
	
32.12 	(a) To complete design for renovation of the 
32.13 	Science and Math building and classroom 
32.14 	spaces and an addition to the Plant Science 
32.15 	building.
32.16 	(b) Having abandoned the project specified 
32.17 	in paragraph (a), the unspent portion of 
32.18 	this appropriation is available for higher 
32.19 	education asset preservation and replacement 
32.20 	on the campus of Southwest Minnesota 
32.21 	State University, Marshall, and the debt 
32.22 	service requirement under subdivision 20 is 
32.23 	reduced accordingly. Minnesota Statutes, 
32.24 	section 16A.642, applies from the date of the 
32.25 	original appropriation to the unspent amount 
32.26 	transferred.

32.27 	Sec. 11. Laws 2013, chapter 136, section 4, as amended by Laws 2014, chapter 294, 
32.28 	article 2, section 19, is amended to read:

32.29	Sec. 4. VETERANS AFFAIRS
 			$
	18,935,000
	
32.30 	(a) Of this amount, up to $1,750,000 is to 
32.31 	the commissioner of administration to: (1) 
32.32 	construct a new distribution and service 
32.33 	tunnel to serve Buildings 17 north and 18 
33.1 	and the future Building 17 south; and (2) 
33.2 	construct steam and electrical connections, 
33.3 	related infrastructure, site work, a canopy 
33.4 	with vestibule, and required modifications 
33.5 	to Building 18 drop-off and entry. This 
33.6 	appropriation is not available until the 
33.7 	commissioner of management and budget has 
33.8 	determined that at least $5,000,000 has been 
33.9 	committed from federal sources. Any unused 
33.10 	funds may be used under paragraph (b).
33.11 	(b) The remainder of this amount is to the 
33.12 	commissioner of administration to complete 
33.13 	the design of, perform hazardous materials 
33.14 	abatement for, and demolish the south wing 
33.15 	of Building 17 and adjoining buildings; 
33.16 	design, reconstruct, and furnish the new south 
33.17 	wing of Building 17 and adjoining buildings 
33.18 	as a new skilled nursing building; construct a 
33.19 	new distribution and service tunnel to serve 
33.20 	buildings 6, 19, and the future 17 south; 
33.21 	and design, construct, and equip a network 
33.22 	and server room, including installation of 
33.23 	new fiber optic lines. This appropriation 
33.24 	is not available until the commissioner of 
33.25 	management and budget has determined that 
33.26 	the funds to complete this work have been 
33.27 	committed from federal sources.
33.28 	(c) The unexpended balance from the 
33.29 	appropriation in Laws 2012, chapter 293, 
33.30 	section 19, subdivision 3, to predesign and 
33.31 	design for demolition of the south wing of 
33.32 	Building 17 and adjoining facilities, and 
33.33 	designing the south wing of Building 17 as 
33.34 	a new skilled nursing building, is added to 
33.35 	this appropriation.

34.1 	Sec. 12. Laws 2014, chapter 294, article 1, section 15, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

34.2	Subd. 2.Cottage Grove - HERO Center
 				1,460,000
	
34.3 	For a grant to the city of Cottage Grove 
34.4 	to predesign and design a Health and 
34.5 	Emergency Response Occupations (HERO) 
34.6 	Center at 12600 Ravine Parkway in Cottage 
34.7 	Grove. This appropriation is not available 
34.8 	until the commissioner of management and 
34.9 	budget determines that the city of Cottage 
34.10 	Grove and the Board of Trustees of the 
34.11 	Minnesota State Colleges and Universities  
34.12 	city of Woodbury have entered into an 
34.13 	agreement for operation and management of 
34.14 	the center, and that at least an equal amount 
34.15 	is committed to the project from nonstate 
34.16 	sources. This appropriation does not require 
34.17 	any contribution from nonstate sources.

34.18 	Sec. 13. Laws 2014, chapter 294, article 1, section 16, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

34.19	Subd. 5.Railroad Warning Devices
 				2,000,000
	
34.20 	(a) To design, construct, and equip new rail 
34.21 	grade crossing warning safety devices of 
34.22 	active highway rail grade crossings or to 
34.23 	replace active highway rail grade warning 
34.24 	safety devices that have reached the end of 
34.25 	their useful life.
34.26 	(b) Notwithstanding any program 
34.27 	requirements:
34.28 	(1) $1,250,000 for a grant to the city of Little 
34.29 	Canada to replace active highway-rail grade 
34.30 	warning safety devices that have reached 
34.31 	the end of their useful life and to design, 
34.32 	construct, and equip highway-rail grade 
34.33 	crossing warning devices and associated 
34.34 	safety improvements; and
35.1 	(2) $500,000 is for a grant to the city of 
35.2 	Shoreview to replace active highway-rail 
35.3 	grade warning safety devices that have 
35.4 	reached the end of their useful life and to 
35.5 	design, construct, and equip highway-rail 
35.6 	grade crossing warning devices and 
35.7 	associated safety improvements.
35.8 	(c) Upon request, the commissioner shall 
35.9 	provide reasonable technical assistance to 
35.10 	the cities of Little Canada and Shoreview 
35.11 	in grade crossing project development and 
35.12 	establishment of quiet zones.

35.13 	Sec. 14. Laws 2014, chapter 294, article 1, section 16, subdivision 9, is amended to read:

35.14	Subd. 9.International Falls - Airport
 				2,200,000
	
35.15 	For a grant to the International 
35.16 	Falls-Koochiching County Airport 
35.17 	Commission to demolish a portion of the 
35.18 	existing terminal building; site preparation, 
35.19 	including an electrical room or building, 
35.20 	utilities, and site civil work; design, 
35.21 	construct, furnish, and equip Phase I of a new 
35.22 	terminal building, jetway, and associated 
35.23 	appurtenances of a capital nature at the Falls 
35.24 	International Airport. This appropriation 
35.25 	is not available until the commissioner of 
35.26 	management and budget has determined 
35.27 	that at least an equal amount has been 
35.28 	committed to the project from nonstate 
35.29 	sources to serve the following purposes: 
35.30 	ticketing, baggage, screening, boarding, jet 
35.31 	bridge, ground transportation, and associated 
35.32 	appurtenances of a capital nature for the 
35.33 	traveling and nontraveling public at the 
35.34 	Falls International Airport, but not including 
36.1 	areas for U.S. Customs and Border Patrol 
36.2 	and Transportation Security Administration 
36.3 	Offices.

36.4 	Sec. 15. Laws 2014, chapter 294, article 1, section 18, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

36.5
36.6	Subd. 3.Minnesota Sex Offender Program - 
St. Peter
 				7,405,000
	
36.7 	To design, construct, renovate, furnish, and 
36.8 	equip the first phase of a three-phase project 
36.9 	to develop additional residential, program, 
36.10 	activity, and ancillary facilities for the 
36.11 	Minnesota sex offender program on the lower 
36.12 	campus of the St. Peter Regional Treatment 
36.13 	Center. This appropriation includes funds 
36.14 	to complete design, renovate, construct, 
36.15 	furnish, and equip the west wing of the 
36.16 	Green Acres Building; to design, renovate, 
36.17 	construct, furnish, and equip the east wing 
36.18 	of the Sunrise Building; to design through 
36.19 	construction documents the renovation 
36.20 	and construction of the Bartlett Building  
36.21 	Tomlinson Building, the north wing of Green 
36.22 	Acres, and the west, south, and north wings 
36.23 	of the Sunrise Building; and to design and 
36.24 	perform asbestos and hazardous materials 
36.25 	abatement in the Green Acres and Sunrise 
36.26 	Buildings. Upon substantial completion of 
36.27 	the first phase of this project, any unspent 
36.28 	portion of this appropriation is available to 
36.29 	design and to perform asbestos and hazardous 
36.30 	materials abatement in subsequent phases.

36.31 	Sec. 16. Laws 2014, chapter 294, article 1, section 18, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

36.32
36.33
36.34	Subd. 4.YWCA Minneapolis - Early 
Childhood Learning and Child Protection 
Facilities and Other Renovations
 				6,000,000
	
37.1 	(a) To the commissioner of human services 
37.2 	for grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 
37.3 	256E.37, to construct and rehabilitate early 
37.4 	childhood learning and child protection 
37.5 	facilities. Notwithstanding the limits on 
37.6 	grant amounts in Minnesota Statutes, section 
37.7 	256E.37, one grant from this appropriation 
37.8 	for an individual facility may be for up to 
37.9 	$1,000,000.
37.10 	(b) Notwithstanding the limitations on grant 
37.11 	amounts and requirements for geographic 
37.12 	distribution in Minnesota Statutes, section 
37.13 	256E.37, or this subdivision, $3,000,000 of 
37.14 	this appropriation is for a grant to Hennepin 
37.15 	County to predesign, design, renovate, 
37.16 	furnish, and equip the early childhood 
37.17 	center at the YWCA of Minneapolis, and to 
37.18 	improve the building's heating, ventilation, 
37.19 	and air conditioning systems, sprinkler 
37.20 	system, and pool walls and ceiling. The grant 
37.21 	to Hennepin County is not available until the 
37.22 	commissioner of management and budget 
37.23 	determines that at least an equal amount has 
37.24 	been committed to the project from nonstate 
37.25 	sources.

37.26 	Sec. 17. Laws 2014, chapter 294, article 1, section 21, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

37.27	Subd. 3.Alexandria - Redevelopment
 				1,400,000
	
37.28 	For a grant to the Lakes Area Economic 
37.29 	Development Authority to acquire and 
37.30 	redevelop for public infrastructure, 
37.31 	including water, sanitary sewer, storm water 
37.32 	infrastructure, and public road construction 
37.33 	at the Jefferson High School site in the 
37.34 	city of Alexandria. This appropriation is 
38.1 	not available until the commissioner of 
38.2 	management and budget determines that at 
38.3 	least $2,600,000$1,400,000 is committed 
38.4 	to the project from nonstate sources. The 
38.5 	value of 6.7 acres of land at the site owned 
38.6 	by the Lakes Area Economic Development 
38.7 	Authority shall count toward the nonstate 
38.8 	match.

38.9 	Sec. 18. Laws 2014, chapter 294, article 1, section 21, subdivision 10, is amended to 
38.10 	read:

38.11	Subd. 10.Lake Elmo - Water Supply
 				3,500,000
	
38.12 	For a grant to the city of Lake Elmo to 
38.13 	construct an extension of approximately 2.5 
38.14 	miles of trunk water main and associated 
38.15 	improvements along Lake Elmo Inwood 
38.16 	Avenue to facilitate development along 
38.17 	the Interstate Highway 94 corridor and 
38.18 	comply with growth requirements under an 
38.19 	agreement with the Metropolitan Council.

38.20 	Sec. 19. Laws 2014, chapter 294, article 1, section 21, subdivision 12, is amended to 
38.21 	read:

38.22
38.23	Subd. 12.Minneapolis - Brian Coyle 
Community Center
 				330,000
	
38.24 	(a) For a grant to the Minneapolis Park 
38.25 	and Recreation Board to predesign and 
38.26 	design the renovation and expansion of the 
38.27 	Brian Coyle Community Center, subject to 
38.28 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695. This 
38.29 	appropriation does not require a local match.
38.30 	(b) The Minneapolis Park and Recreation 
38.31 	Board, the Pillsbury United Communities, 
38.32 	Hennepin County, institutions of higher 
38.33 	education, and neighborhood organizations 
39.1 	shall develop an agreement for the use of the 
39.2 	existing Brian Coyle Community Center. 
39.3 	The lease between the Minneapolis Park 
39.4 	and Recreation Board and Pillsbury United 
39.5 	Communities shall be reformed prior to the 
39.6 	expenditure of any funds for predesign and 
39.7 	design.
39.8 	(c) The appropriation under this subdivision 
39.9 	may also be used toward the renovation and 
39.10 	expansion of the Brian Coyle Community 
39.11 	Center.

39.12 	Sec. 20. Laws 2014, chapter 294, article 1, section 21, subdivision 13, is amended to 
39.13 	read:

39.14
39.15	Subd. 13.Minneapolis - Hennepin Center for 
the Arts
 				550,000
	
39.16 	For a grant to the city of Minneapolis  
39.17 	Hennepin County for improvements and 
39.18 	betterments of a capital nature to renovate the 
39.19 	historic Hennepin Center for the Arts. Of this 
39.20 	appropriation, approximately $300,000 is for 
39.21 	predesign and design of asset preservation 
39.22 	improvements, and $250,000 is to match 
39.23 	federal funding to replace and replicate the 
39.24 	historic cupolas on the Historic Masonic 
39.25 	Temple of the Hennepin Center for the Arts.

39.26 	Sec. 21. Laws 2014, chapter 294, article 1, section 21, subdivision 16, is amended to 
39.27 	read:

39.28	Subd. 16.Red Wing - River Renaissance
 				1,560,000
	
39.29 	For a grant to the city of Red Wing for 
39.30 	improvements of a capital nature to the area 
39.31 	between Levee Road and the Mississippi 
39.32 	River, extending between Bay Point Drive 
39.33 	and Broad Street in Red Wing. This project 
40.1 	includes: reconstruction of Levee Road from 
40.2 	Broad Street to Jackson Street; improvements 
40.3 	to storm water, sanitary sewer, and drinking 
40.4 	water infrastructure; replacement of a 930 
40.5 	lineal feet of harbor retaining wall; parking 
40.6 	improvements; lighting improvements; and 
40.7 	construction of a segment of the Riverwalk 
40.8 	Trail. This grant is not available until the 
40.9 	commissioner of management and budget 
40.10 	determines that an equal amount sufficient to 
40.11 	complete the project is committed to it from 
40.12 	nonstate sources. 

40.13 	Sec. 22. Laws 2014, chapter 294, article 1, section 21, subdivision 18, is amended to 
40.14 	read:

40.15
40.16	Subd. 18.St. Paul - Historic Palace Theater 
Renovation
 				5,000,000
	
40.17 	For a grant to the city of St. Paul Housing 
40.18 	and Redevelopment Authority to predesign, 
40.19 	design, construct, furnish, and equip the 
40.20 	renovation of the historic Palace Theater in 
40.21 	St. Paul. The city of St. Paul Housing and 
40.22 	Redevelopment Authority may enter into one 
40.23 	or more lease or management agreements to 
40.24 	operate performing arts programs, subject 
40.25 	to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695. 
40.26 	This appropriation is not available until the 
40.27 	commissioner of management and budget 
40.28 	has determined that at least an equal amount 
40.29 	has been committed from nonstate sources.

40.30 	Sec. 23. Laws 2014, chapter 294, article 1, section 21, subdivision 23, is amended to 
40.31 	read:

40.32
40.33	Subd. 23.Virginia - Highway 53 Utilities 
Relocation
 				19,500,000
	
41.1 	(a) $500,000 of this appropriation is for a 
41.2 	grant to the city of Virginia Public Utilities 
41.3 	Commission to acquire land, predesign, 
41.4 	design, construct, furnish, and equip an 
41.5 	electrical substation along or within six 
41.6 	miles of the relocated U.S. Highway 53 in 
41.7 	Virginia as part of relocating the electrical 
41.8 	utilities. This appropriation fully funds the 
41.9 	project described in this paragraph and meets 
41.10 	the requirements in Minnesota Statutes, 
41.11 	section 16A.502, that the project be fully 
41.12 	funded. This appropriation does not require 
41.13 	a nonstate match.
41.14 	(b) $19,000,000 of this appropriation is for:
41.15 	(1) a grant to the city of Virginia Public 
41.16 	Utilities Commission to acquire land, 
41.17 	predesign, design, construct, furnish, and 
41.18 	equip relocated storm water, sanitary sewer, 
41.19 	water, electrical, and gas utilities along or 
41.20 	near within six miles of  the relocated U.S. 
41.21 	Highway 53 in Virginia, St. Louis County 
41.22 	Eveleth, Gilbert, and Fayal Township; 
41.23 	(2) a grant to the city of Virginia to acquire 
41.24 	land, predesign, construct, furnish, and equip 
41.25 	relocated storm water and sanitary sewer 
41.26 	along or within six miles of the relocated 
41.27 	U.S. Highway 53 in Virginia, Eveleth, 
41.28 	Gilbert, and Fayal Township; and
41.29 	(2) (3) a grant to the St. Louis and Lake 
41.30 	Counties Regional Railroad Authority to 
41.31 	acquire land, predesign, design, construct, 
41.32 	furnish, and equip trails to handle bicycles, 
41.33 	pedestrians, snowmobiles, and ATVs along 
41.34 	or near within six miles of  the relocated U.S. 
41.35 	Highway 53 in Virginia, St. Louis County 
42.1 	Eveleth, Gilbert, and Fayal Township.  This 
42.2 	appropriation does not require a nonstate 
42.3 	match.

42.4 	Sec. 24. Laws 2014, chapter 295, section 10, subdivision 12, is amended to read:

42.5
42.6	Subd. 12.St. Paul - Minnesota Children's 
Museum
 				7,485,000
	
42.7 	For a grant to the city of St. Paul to predesign, 
42.8 	design, construct, furnish, and equip an 
42.9 	expansion and renovation of the Minnesota 
42.10 	Children's Museum. The expansion and 
42.11 	exhibit upgrades should incorporate the 
42.12 	latest research on early learning, allow for 
42.13 	new state-of-the art education facilities, and 
42.14 	increase the capacity of visitors to galleries 
42.15 	and programming areas. This appropriation 
42.16 	is not available until the commissioner of 
42.17 	management and budget has determined that 
42.18 	at least an equal amount $4,000,000 has been 
42.19 	committed from nonstate sources. Amounts 
42.20 	expended for this project by nonstate sources 
42.21 	since October 1, 2010, shall count toward the 
42.22 	nonstate match.

42.23 	Sec. 25. MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE; SALE 
42.24 	OF AVIATION TRAINING CENTER.
 42.25 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695, subdivision 3, the net 
42.26 	proceeds of the sale or disposition of the Aviation Training Center at the Flying Cloud 
42.27 	Airport operated by the Minneapolis Community and Technical College, after paying 
42.28 	all expenses incurred in selling the property, are appropriated to the Board of Trustees 
42.29 	of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities for use pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, 
42.30 	section 135A.046, at the Minneapolis Community and Technical College campus and the 
42.31 	net proceeds need not be paid to the commissioner of management and budget, as would 
42.32 	otherwise be required by Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695, subdivision 3. When the 
42.33 	sale is complete and the sale proceeds have been applied as provided in this section, 
43.1 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695, no longer applies to the property and the property 
43.2 	is no longer state bond financed property.

43.3 	Sec. 26. WEST METRO EDUCATION PROGRAM; PROPERTY 
43.4 	CONVEYANCE.
 43.5 		Subdivision 1.FAIR School downtown. Notwithstanding the appropriations of state 
43.6 	general obligation bond proceeds in Laws 1994, chapter 643, section 14, subdivision 7, 
43.7 	and Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 5, subdivision 5, as amended by Laws 1999, chapter 
43.8 	241, article 4, section 20; and the appropriation of general fund money in Laws 1997, First 
43.9 	Special Session chapter 4, article 2, section 51, subdivision 13, to Joint Powers District No. 
43.10 	6069, West Metro Education Program, to acquire and better the FAIR School downtown 
43.11 	in Minneapolis, the real and personal property of the FAIR School downtown may be 
43.12 	conveyed to Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis, for operation of a multidistrict 
43.13 	integration facility that serves students in any grade from early education through grade 12.
43.14 		Subd. 2.FAIR School Crystal. Notwithstanding the appropriation of state general 
43.15 	obligation bond proceeds in Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 5, subdivision 5, as amended 
43.16 	by Laws 1999, chapter 241, article 4, section 20; and the appropriation of general fund 
43.17 	money in Laws 1997, First Special Session chapter 4, article 2, section 51, subdivision 13, 
43.18 	and Laws 2000, chapter 492, article 1, section 5, subdivision 2, to Joint Powers District 
43.19 	No. 6069, West Metro Education Program, to acquire and better the FAIR School Crystal 
43.20 	in Crystal, the real and personal property of the FAIR School Crystal may be conveyed 
43.21 	to Independent School District No. 281, Robbinsdale, for operation of a multidistrict 
43.22 	integration facility that serves students in any grade from early education through grade 12.

43.23 	Sec. 27. CONVEYANCE OF STATE LAND; HENNEPIN COUNTY.
 43.24 		Subdivision 1.Conveyance authorized. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
43.25 	sections 16A.695 and 16B.281 to 16B.287, or other law, administrative rule, or 
43.26 	commissioner's order to the contrary, the commissioner of administration may convey to 
43.27 	Hennepin County for no consideration the real property described in subdivision 3. The 
43.28 	commissioner of administration may add conditions to the conveyance of the property 
43.29 	deemed to be in the interest of the state. Notwithstanding any provision of this section 
43.30 	to the contrary, the real property shall continue to be considered state bond financed 
43.31 	property after the conveyance of the real property to Hennepin County and until all the 
43.32 	requirements are satisfied for the real property to no longer be considered state bond 
43.33 	financed property. Hennepin County must operate the state bond financed property in 
43.34 	compliance with Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695, and all applicable state and federal 
44.1 	laws, and in a manner that will not cause the interest on the state general obligation bonds 
44.2 	to be subject to federal income taxation for any reason.
44.3 		Subd. 2.Form. The conveyance shall be in a form approved by the attorney 
44.4 	general. The attorney general may make changes to the legal description to correct errors 
44.5 	and ensure accuracy.
44.6 		Subd. 3.Description. The real property to be conveyed is located in Hennepin 
44.7 	County and is described as: Lots 12, 13, and 14, Block 2, BISCHOFF 1ST ADDITION, 
44.8 	Hennepin County, Minnesota.
44.9 		Subd. 4.Determination by commissioner. The commissioner has determined that 
44.10 	the real property described in subdivision 3 is no longer needed for any state purpose and 
44.11 	that the state's land management interests are best served if the land is conveyed to and 
44.12 	used by Hennepin County for community-based services.

44.13 	Sec. 28. RESPONDING TO CLOSURE OF ST. ANTHONY FALLS LOCK.
 44.14 	The chairs of the committees in the house of representatives and the senate with 
44.15 	primary jurisdiction over capital investment will each, or jointly, convene periodic 
44.16 	meetings, beginning before August 1, 2015, with the business owners and other 
44.17 	stakeholders affected by the closure of the St. Anthony Falls Lock on the Mississippi 
44.18 	River, to discuss the effects of the closure, costs incurred by the state, the cities, and 
44.19 	the business owners as a result of the use of trucks traveling on roads instead of barges 
44.20 	traveling on the Mississippi River to transport goods, and to identify solutions to the 
44.21 	problems and expenses caused by the closure. This section sunsets July 1, 2016.

44.22 	Sec. 29. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 44.23 	This article is effective the day following final enactment.