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 other improvements of a capital nature with certain 
1.4 	conditions; modifying previous appropriations; establishing new programs and 
1.5 	modifying existing programs; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds; 
1.6 	appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 16A.86, 
1.7 	subdivision 4; 16B.335, subdivision 1; 16B.35, by adding a subdivision; 462A.37, 
1.8 	subdivisions 1, 2, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, 
1.9 	sections 219.016, subdivision 4; 222.49; 326B.124; 446A.073, subdivision 1; 
1.10 	462A.37, subdivision 5; Laws 2009, chapter 93, article 1, section 14, subdivision 
1.11 	3, as amended; Laws 2014, chapter 294, article 1, sections 5, subdivision 3; 21, 
1.12 	subdivision 12, as amended; 22, subdivision 5; Laws 2014, chapter 295, section 
1.13 	9; Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 10, subdivision 3, 
1.14 	as amended; Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 8, article 1, sections 6, 
1.15 	subdivision 6; 15, subdivisions 3, 6, 11, 13; 16, subdivision 7; 17, subdivision 9; 
1.16 	19, subdivision 3; 20, subdivision 21; 21, subdivision 8; 23, subdivision 3; 27; 
1.17 	proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 174; 446A.
1.18 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.19 	ARTICLE 1
1.20 	APPROPRIATIONS

1.21	Section 1. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
1.22 	The sums shown in the column under "Appropriations" are appropriated from the bond 
1.23 	proceeds fund, or another named fund, to the state agencies or officials indicated, to be 
1.24 	spent for public purposes. Appropriations of bond proceeds must be spent as authorized by 
1.25 	the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 5, paragraph (a), to acquire and better public 
1.26 	land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature, or as authorized by 
1.27 	the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 5, paragraphs (b) to (j), or article XIV. Unless 
1.28 	otherwise specified, money appropriated in this act:
2.1 	(1) may be used to pay state agency staff costs that are attributed directly to the capital 
2.2 	program or project in accordance with accounting policies adopted by the commissioner of 
2.3 	management and budget;
2.4 	(2) is available until the project is completed or abandoned subject to Minnesota Statutes, 
2.5 	section 16A.642;
2.6 	(3) for activities under Minnesota Statutes, sections 16B.307, 84.946, and 135A.046, 
2.7 	should not be used for projects that can be financed within a reasonable time frame under 
2.8 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.322 or 16C.144; and
2.9 	(4) is available for a grant to a political subdivision after the commissioner of management 
2.10 	and budget determines that an amount sufficient to complete the project as described in this 
2.11 	act has been committed to the project, as required by Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.502.

2.12						APPROPRIATIONS

2.13	Sec. 2. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

2.14	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	78,533,000
	
2.15 	To the Board of Regents of the University of 
2.16 	Minnesota for the purposes specified in this 
2.17 	section.

2.18
2.19	Subd. 2.Higher Education Asset Preservation 
and Replacement (HEAPR)
 				40,000,000
	
2.20 	To be spent in accordance with Minnesota 
2.21 	Statutes, section 135A.046.

2.22	Subd. 3.Greater Minnesota Academic Renewal
 				10,533,000
	
2.23 	To modernize existing teaching, learning, and 
2.24 	research spaces on the Crookston, Duluth, and 
2.25 	Morris campuses, including:
2.26 	(1) to predesign, design, renovate, furnish, and 
2.27 	equip campus teaching and learning spaces in 
2.28 	Dowell Hall and Owen Hall on the Crookston 
2.29 	campus;
2.30 	(2) to predesign, design, renovate, furnish, and 
2.31 	equip campus teaching and learning spaces in 
3.1 	A.B. Anderson Hall on the Duluth campus; 
3.2 	and
3.3 	(3) to predesign, design, renovate, furnish, and 
3.4 	equip campus teaching and learning spaces in 
3.5 	the Humanities Building and Blakely Hall on 
3.6 	the Morris campus.

3.7	Subd. 4.Pillsbury Hall Renewal
 				24,000,000
	
3.8 	To predesign, design, renovate, furnish, and 
3.9 	equip historic Pillsbury Hall on the Twin 
3.10 	Cities campus.

3.11	Subd. 5.Glensheen Renewal
 				4,000,000
	
3.12 	To predesign, design, and renovate the 
3.13 	Historic Glensheen Estate including but not 
3.14 	limited to the main house; the site structures, 
3.15 	terraces, and garden walls; and the carriage 
3.16 	house. This appropriation is not available until 
3.17 	the commissioner of management and budget 
3.18 	determines that an equal amount is committed 
3.19 	from other sources.

3.20	Subd. 6.University Share
 					
3.21 	Except for the appropriations for HEAPR and 
3.22 	Glensheen renewal, the appropriations in this 
3.23 	section are intended to cover approximately 
3.24 	two-thirds of the cost of each project. The 
3.25 	remaining costs must be paid from university 
3.26 	sources.

3.27	Subd. 7.Unspent Appropriations
 					
3.28 	Upon substantial completion of a project 
3.29 	authorized in this section and after written 
3.30 	notice to the commissioner of management 
3.31 	and budget, the Board of Regents must use 
3.32 	any money remaining in the appropriation for 
3.33 	that project for HEAPR under Minnesota 
3.34 	Statutes, section 135A.046. The Board of 
4.1 	Regents must report by February 1 of each 
4.2 	even-numbered year to the chairs of the house 
4.3 	of representatives and senate committees with 
4.4 	jurisdiction over capital investment and higher 
4.5 	education finance, and to the chairs of the 
4.6 	house of representatives Ways and Means 
4.7 	Committee and the senate Finance Committee, 
4.8 	on how the remaining money has been 
4.9 	allocated or spent.

4.10
4.11	Sec. 3. MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND 
UNIVERSITIES

4.12	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	122,858,000
	
4.13 	To the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota 
4.14 	State Colleges and Universities for the 
4.15 	purposes specified in this section.

4.16
4.17	Subd. 2.Higher Education Asset Preservation 
and Replacement (HEAPR)
 				40,000,000
	
4.18 	To be spent in accordance with Minnesota 
4.19 	Statutes, section 135A.046.

4.20
4.21	Subd. 3.Anoka-Ramsey Community College, 
Coon Rapids
 				569,000
	
4.22 	To design the renovation of the business and 
4.23 	nursing building on the Coon Rapids campus.

4.24	Subd. 4.Bemidji State University
 				22,512,000
	
4.25 	To demolish and replace Hagg Sauer Hall with 
4.26 	the Academic Learning Center Building; and 
4.27 	to design, renovate, and equip A.C. Clark 
4.28 	Library, Bangsberg Hall, Bensen Hall, 
4.29 	Bridgeman Hall, and Sattgast Hall.

4.30	Subd. 5.Century College
 				6,362,000
	
4.31 	To design, renovate, and equip the 
4.32 	Engineering and Applied Technology Center, 
4.33 	welding lab, fabrication lab, auto disassembly, 
5.1 	and related student support and university 
5.2 	partnership space on the east campus.

5.3	Subd. 6.Inver Hills Community College
 				698,000
	
5.4 	To design the renovation of the Technology 
5.5 	and Business Center to include the link to 
5.6 	Heritage Hall.

5.7	Subd. 7.Minnesota State University, Mankato
 				6,478,000
	
5.8 	To update design, renovate, renew, equip, and 
5.9 	repurpose the spaces in Wissink Hall, Morris 
5.10 	Hall, and Wiecking Center vacated when 
5.11 	occupants moved to the new Clinical Science 
5.12 	Building; and to install a solar array on the 
5.13 	roof of the new Clinical Science Building.

5.14	Subd. 8.Minnesota State University, Moorhead
 				628,000
	
5.15 	To design the renovation of Weld Hall.

5.16	Subd. 9.Normandale Community College
 				12,636,000
	
5.17 	To design Phases 1 and 2 of the renovation of 
5.18 	the College Services Building; and to renovate 
5.19 	and equip the first floor of the College 
5.20 	Services Building, including site 
5.21 	improvements that address ADA compliance 
5.22 	and storm water management.

5.23
5.24	Subd. 10.Riverland Community College, Albert 
Lea
 				10,122,000
	
5.25 	To design, renovate, renew, and equip 
5.26 	classroom and lab space at the Albert Lea 
5.27 	campus; to construct infill in Building C to 
5.28 	support auto and diesel labs; and to demolish 
5.29 	obsolete child care building.

5.30
5.31	Subd. 11.Rochester Community and Technical 
College
 				22,853,000
	
5.32 	To demolish Plaza and Memorial Halls; to 
5.33 	design, renovate, renew, and equip classrooms 
5.34 	and labs; to construct an addition adjacent to 
6.1 	Endicott Hall; to construct a central chiller 
6.2 	plant; and to demolish the maintenance 
6.3 	building and child care building.

6.4	Subd. 12.Debt Service
 					
6.5 	(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), the 
6.6 	Board of Trustees shall pay the debt service 
6.7 	on one-third of the principal amount of state 
6.8 	bonds sold to finance projects authorized by 
6.9 	this section. After each sale of general 
6.10 	obligation bonds, the commissioner of 
6.11 	management and budget shall notify the board 
6.12 	of the amounts assessed for each year for the 
6.13 	life of the bonds.
6.14 	(b) The board need not pay debt service on 
6.15 	bonds sold to finance HEAPR. Where a 
6.16 	nonstate match is required, the debt service is 
6.17 	due on a principal amount equal to one-third 
6.18 	of the total project cost, less the match 
6.19 	committed before the bonds are sold.
6.20 	(c) The commissioner of management and 
6.21 	budget shall reduce the board's assessment 
6.22 	each year by one-third of the net income from 
6.23 	investment of general obligation bond 
6.24 	proceeds in proportion to the amount of 
6.25 	principal and interest otherwise required to be 
6.26 	paid by the board. The board shall pay its 
6.27 	resulting net assessment to the commissioner 
6.28 	of management and budget by December 1 
6.29 	each year. If the board fails to make a payment 
6.30 	when due, the commissioner of management 
6.31 	and budget shall reduce allotments for 
6.32 	appropriations from the general fund otherwise 
6.33 	available to the board and apply the amount 
6.34 	of the reduction to cover the missed debt 
6.35 	service payment. The commissioner of 
7.1 	management and budget shall credit the 
7.2 	payments received from the board to the bond 
7.3 	debt service account in the state bond fund 
7.4 	each December 1 before money is transferred 
7.5 	from the general fund under Minnesota 
7.6 	Statutes, section 16A.641, subdivision 10.

7.7	Subd. 13.Unspent Appropriations
 					
7.8 	(a) Upon substantial completion of a project 
7.9 	authorized in this section and after written 
7.10 	notice to the commissioner of management 
7.11 	and budget, the board must use any money 
7.12 	remaining in the appropriation for that project 
7.13 	for HEAPR under Minnesota Statutes, section 
7.14 	135A.046. The Board of Trustees must report 
7.15 	by February 1 of each even-numbered year to 
7.16 	the chairs of the house of representatives and 
7.17 	senate committees with jurisdiction over 
7.18 	capital investment and higher education 
7.19 	finance, and to the chairs of the house of 
7.20 	representatives Ways and Means Committee 
7.21 	and the senate Finance Committee, on how 
7.22 	the remaining money has been allocated or 
7.23 	spent.
7.24 	(b) The unspent portion of an appropriation 
7.25 	for a project in this section that is complete is 
7.26 	available for HEAPR under this subdivision, 
7.27 	at the same campus as the project for which 
7.28 	the original appropriation was made and the 
7.29 	debt service requirement under this section is 
7.30 	reduced accordingly. Minnesota Statutes, 
7.31 	section 16A.642, applies from the date of the 
7.32 	original appropriation to the unspent amount 
7.33 	transferred.

7.34	Sec. 4. EDUCATION

8.1	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	47,092,000
	
8.2 	To the commissioner of education for the 
8.3 	purposes specified in this section.

8.4	Subd. 2.Library Construction Grants
 				2,000,000
	
8.5 	For library construction grants under 
8.6 	Minnesota Statutes, section 134.45.

8.7	Subd. 3.School Safety Grants
 				25,000,000
	
8.8 	(a) A school district may apply for a school 
8.9 	safety facility grant in the form and manner 
8.10 	specified by the commissioner of education.
8.11 	(b) After consultation with the Department of 
8.12 	Public Safety's Minnesota School Safety 
8.13 	Center, the commissioner of education may 
8.14 	award a school safety facility grant to a school 
8.15 	district of no more than $500,000 for each 
8.16 	qualifying school building. The commissioner 
8.17 	must prioritize grant applications. At least half 
8.18 	of the grants must be awarded to school 
8.19 	districts with administrative offices located 
8.20 	outside of the seven-county metropolitan area.
8.21 	(c) Grants may be used to predesign, design, 
8.22 	construct, furnish, and equip school facilities 
8.23 	and includes renovating and expanding 
8.24 	existing buildings and facilities.
8.25 	(d) Before a grant is approved, the district 
8.26 	must provide documentation acceptable to the 
8.27 	commissioner of education on how the grant 
8.28 	will be used.
8.29 	(e) No money for construction may be 
8.30 	distributed by the commissioner of education 
8.31 	to the recipient school district until bids have 
8.32 	been received on 100 percent of the 
8.33 	construction documents and satisfactory 
9.1 	documentation has been submitted to the 
9.2 	commissioner of education indicating the 
9.3 	project can be fully completed with money 
9.4 	available for the project.
9.5 	(f) Grants are available when the 
9.6 	commissioner of management and budget 
9.7 	determines that sufficient resources have been 
9.8 	committed to complete the project, as required 
9.9 	by Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.502.

9.10
9.11	Subd. 4.Independent School District No. 38, Red 
Lake
 				14,492,000
	
9.12 	(a) From the maximum effort school loan fund 
9.13 	for a capital loan to Independent School 
9.14 	District No. 38, Red Lake, as provided in 
9.15 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 126C.60 to 
9.16 	126C.72. This appropriation is for predesign, 
9.17 	design, and construction of a connection 
9.18 	structure between the Red Lake Early 
9.19 	Learning Childhood Center and Red Lake 
9.20 	Elementary School; renovations to various 
9.21 	classrooms, labs, and support rooms; updating 
9.22 	of mechanical systems; and expansion of the 
9.23 	cafeteria. Before any capital loan contract is 
9.24 	approved under this subdivision, the district 
9.25 	must provide documentation acceptable to the 
9.26 	commissioner of education on how the capital 
9.27 	loan will be used.
9.28 	(b) The commissioner of administration may 
9.29 	provide project management services to assist 
9.30 	the commissioner of education with oversight 
9.31 	of the project. No money for construction may 
9.32 	be distributed by the commissioner of 
9.33 	education to the recipient school district until 
9.34 	bids have been received on 100 percent of the 
9.35 	construction documents and satisfactory 
10.1 	documentation has been submitted to the 
10.2 	commissioner of education indicating the 
10.3 	project can be fully completed with money 
10.4 	available for the project.
10.5 	(c) Notwithstanding the timelines in Minnesota 
10.6 	Statutes, section 126C.69, subdivision 11, 
10.7 	Independent School District No. 38, Red Lake, 
10.8 	must submit the question authorizing the 
10.9 	borrowing of money for the facilities to voters 
10.10 	of the district at the first general election 
10.11 	following final enactment of this subdivision.
10.12 	(d) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
10.13 	section 126C.69, subdivision 6, the application 
10.14 	submitted by Independent School District No. 
10.15 	38, Red Lake, on September 1, 2015, shall be 
10.16 	considered a sufficient application for this 
10.17 	loan. The local portion for this capital loan is 
10.18 	$94,231 under Minnesota Statutes, section 
10.19 	126C.69, subdivision 9. This amount shall be 
10.20 	disbursed for the approved project prior to the 
10.21 	state loan reimbursement payments to the 
10.22 	school district.

10.23
10.24
10.25	Subd. 5.Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City School 
District; Cosmos Elementary School 
Repurposing
 				5,000,000
	
10.26 	For a grant to Independent School District No. 
10.27 	2396, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City Public 
10.28 	Schools, to predesign, design, construct, 
10.29 	furnish, and equip the renovation and 
10.30 	repurposing of the Cosmos elementary school 
10.31 	for use by the regional educational program 
10.32 	for autistic students, emotionally or 
10.33 	behaviorally disturbed students, and other 
10.34 	students with specific educational needs.

10.35
10.36	Subd. 6.Warroad School District - Northwest 
Angle School
 				600,000
	
11.1 	From the general fund for a grant to 
11.2 	Independent School District No. 690, Warroad 
11.3 	Public Schools, for demolition and site 
11.4 	preparation and to predesign, design, 
11.5 	construct, furnish, and equip the renovation 
11.6 	and an expansion of the Northwest Angle 
11.7 	School. No nonstate match is required.

11.8	Sec. 5. MINNESOTA STATE ACADEMIES
 			$
	2,000,000
	
11.9 	To the commissioner of administration for 
11.10 	capital asset preservation improvements and 
11.11 	betterments on both campuses of the 
11.12 	Minnesota State Academies, to be spent in 
11.13 	accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 
11.14 	16B.307.

11.15	Sec. 6. NATURAL RESOURCES

11.16	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	62,750,000
	
11.17 	(a) To the commissioner of natural resources 
11.18 	for the purposes specified in this section.
11.19 	(b) The appropriations in this section are 
11.20 	subject to the requirements of the natural 
11.21 	resources capital improvement program under 
11.22 	Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.12, unless 
11.23 	this section or the statutes referred to in this 
11.24 	section provide more specific standards, 
11.25 	criteria, or priorities for projects than 
11.26 	Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.12.

11.27	Subd. 2.Natural Resources Asset Preservation
 				30,000,000
	
11.28 	For the renovation of state-owned facilities 
11.29 	and recreational assets operated by the 
11.30 	commissioner of natural resources to be spent 
11.31 	in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 
11.32 	84.946. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
11.33 	section 84.946, the commissioner may use this 
12.1 	appropriation to replace buildings if, 
12.2 	considering the embedded energy in the 
12.3 	building, that is the most energy-efficient and 
12.4 	carbon-reducing method of renovation.

12.5	Subd. 3.Flood Hazard Mitigation
 				20,000,000
	
12.6 	(a) For the state share of flood hazard 
12.7 	mitigation grants for publicly owned capital 
12.8 	improvements to prevent or alleviate flood 
12.9 	damage under Minnesota Statutes, section 
12.10 	103F.161.
12.11 	(b) To the extent practical, levee projects shall 
12.12 	meet the state standard of three feet above the 
12.13 	100-year flood elevation.
12.14 	(c) To the extent practicable and consistent 
12.15 	with the project, recipients of appropriations 
12.16 	for flood control projects in this subdivision 
12.17 	shall create wetlands that are eligible for 
12.18 	wetland replacement credit to replace wetlands 
12.19 	drained or filled as the result of repair, 
12.20 	reconstruction, replacement, or rehabilitation 
12.21 	of an existing public road under Minnesota 
12.22 	Statutes, section 103G.222, subdivision 1, 
12.23 	paragraphs (l) and (m).
12.24 	(d) Project priorities shall be determined by 
12.25 	the commissioner as appropriate and based on 
12.26 	need and may include acquisition of properties 
12.27 	prone to flooding.
12.28 	(e) To the extent that the cost of a project 
12.29 	exceeds two percent of the median household 
12.30 	income in a municipality or township 
12.31 	multiplied by the number of households in the 
12.32 	municipality or township, this appropriation 
12.33 	is also for the local share of the project.

12.34	Subd. 4.Acquisition and Betterment of Buildings
 				6,000,000
	
13.1 	For acquisition, predesign, design, and 
13.2 	construction to replace existing facilities that 
13.3 	no longer meet the business needs of the 
13.4 	department; for the predesign, design, and 
13.5 	construction of a drill core facility in Hibbing; 
13.6 	and for the design and construction of storage 
13.7 	facilities.

13.8
13.9	Subd. 5.State Park and Recreation Area 
Accessibility
 				2,000,000
	
13.10 	For the design and construction of 
13.11 	improvements to bring the facilities within 
13.12 	state parks and recreation areas to the 
13.13 	Americans with Disabilities Act standards.

13.14	Subd. 6.Glendalough State Park
 				750,000
	
13.15 	To construct a Visitor and Trail Center in 
13.16 	Glendalough State Park.

13.17	Subd. 7.Blufflands State Trail
 				1,500,000
	
13.18 	To acquire land for, construct, and pay 
13.19 	expenses related to an extension of the 
13.20 	Blufflands state trail system from Harmony 
13.21 	to the Iowa border, to include a connection to 
13.22 	Niagara Cave in Fillmore County as 
13.23 	authorized in Minnesota Statutes, section 
13.24 	85.015, subdivision 7.

13.25	Subd. 8.Cohasset - Tioga Recreation Area
 				1,000,000
	
13.26 	For a grant to the city of Cohasset to design, 
13.27 	engineer, and construct an approximately 
13.28 	25-mile trail system for hiking, running, 
13.29 	mountain biking, and other activities in the 
13.30 	Tioga Recreation Area in Cohasset.

13.31	Subd. 9.Aitkin County - Northwoods ATV Trail
 				1,500,000
	
13.32 	For a grant to Aitkin County for predesign, 
13.33 	design, acquisition, and development of a trail 
13.34 	to connect the Northwoods ATV trail system 
14.1 	with the Mille Lacs-Malmo East Loop trail 
14.2 	system. The appropriation is not available until 
14.3 	the commissioner of management and budget 
14.4 	determines that $150,000 has been committed 
14.5 	to the project from nonstate sources.

14.6	Subd. 10.Unspent Appropriations
 					
14.7 	The unspent portion of an appropriation for a 
14.8 	project in this section that is complete, upon 
14.9 	written notice to the commissioner of 
14.10 	management and budget, is available for asset 
14.11 	preservation under Minnesota Statutes, section 
14.12 	84.946. Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, 
14.13 	applies from the date of the original 
14.14 	appropriation to the unspent amount 
14.15 	transferred.

14.16	Sec. 7. POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY

14.17	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	20,300,000
	
14.18 	To the Pollution Control Agency for the 
14.19 	purposes specified in this section.

14.20
14.21	Subd. 2.Waste Disposal Engineering Closed 
Landfill
 				6,000,000
	
14.22 	To design and construct remedial systems, 
14.23 	including cleanup and removal of a leaking 
14.24 	hazardous waste pit and protection of 
14.25 	groundwater, at the Waste Disposal 
14.26 	Engineering site in Anoka County in 
14.27 	accordance with the closed landfill program 
14.28 	under Minnesota Statutes, sections 115B.39 
14.29 	to 115B.42.

14.30	Subd. 3.Lake Redwood Reclamation
 				7,300,000
	
14.31 	For a grant to the Redwood-Cottonwood 
14.32 	Rivers Control Area, a joint powers entity, to 
14.33 	predesign, design, construct, and equip the 
14.34 	reservoir reclamation and enhancement of the 
15.1 	66-acre Lake Redwood Reservoir, to remove 
15.2 	approximately 650,000 cubic yards of 
15.3 	sediment and increase its depth from 
15.4 	approximately 2.8 feet to 20 feet in order to 
15.5 	secure renewable energy capacity of the 
15.6 	hydroelectric dam which is impeded by lack 
15.7 	of water capacity, reduce the flow of pollutants 
15.8 	to the Minnesota River, and increase fish 
15.9 	habitat and enhance recreational opportunities.

15.10
15.11	Subd. 4.Clay County - Solid Waste Transfer 
Station
 				7,000,000
	
15.12 	For a grant to Clay County under the solid 
15.13 	waste capital assistance grants program under 
15.14 	Minnesota Statutes, section 115A.54, to 
15.15 	construct a new resource recovery campus 
15.16 	consisting of a new solid waste transfer station 
15.17 	and problem materials facility. 
15.18 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
15.19 	115A.54, this appropriation does not require 
15.20 	a nonstate contribution, except as required by 
15.21 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.502.

15.22
15.23	Sec. 8. BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL 
RESOURCES

15.24	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	15,781,000
	
15.25 	To the Board of Water and Soil Resources for 
15.26 	the purposes specified in this section.

15.27
15.28	Subd. 2.Reinvest in Minnesota (RIM) Reserve 
Program
 				10,000,000
	
15.29 	(a) To acquire conservation easements from 
15.30 	landowners to preserve, restore, create, and 
15.31 	enhance wetlands and associated uplands of 
15.32 	prairie and grasslands, and restore and enhance 
15.33 	rivers and streams, riparian lands, and 
15.34 	associated uplands of prairie and grasslands 
15.35 	in order to protect soil and water quality, 
16.1 	support fish and wildlife habitat, reduce flood 
16.2 	damage, and provide other public benefits. 
16.3 	The provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 
16.4 	103F.515, apply to this program.
16.5 	(b) The board shall give priority to leveraging 
16.6 	federal money by enrolling targeted new lands 
16.7 	or enrolling environmentally sensitive lands 
16.8 	that have expiring federal conservation 
16.9 	agreements.
16.10 	(c) The board is authorized to enter into new 
16.11 	agreements and amend past agreements with 
16.12 	landowners as required by Minnesota Statutes, 
16.13 	section 103F.515, subdivision 5, to allow for 
16.14 	restoration.
16.15 	(d) Of this appropriation, up to five percent 
16.16 	may be used for restoration, rehabilitation, and 
16.17 	enhancement.

16.18
16.19	Subd. 3.Local Government Roads Wetland 
Replacement Program
 				5,000,000
	
16.20 	To acquire land or permanent easements and 
16.21 	to restore, create, enhance, and preserve 
16.22 	wetlands to replace those wetlands drained or 
16.23 	filled as a result of the repair, reconstruction, 
16.24 	replacement, or rehabilitation of existing 
16.25 	public roads as required by Minnesota 
16.26 	Statutes, section 103G.222, subdivision 1, 
16.27 	paragraphs (l) and (m). The board may vary 
16.28 	the priority order of Minnesota Statutes, 
16.29 	section 103G.222, subdivision 3, paragraph 
16.30 	(a), to implement an in-lieu fee agreement 
16.31 	approved by the U.S. Army Corps of 
16.32 	Engineers under section 404 of the Clean 
16.33 	Water Act. The purchase price paid for 
16.34 	acquisition of land or perpetual easement must 
16.35 	be a fair market value as determined by the 
17.1 	board. The board may enter into agreements 
17.2 	with the federal government, other state 
17.3 	agencies, political subdivisions, nonprofit 
17.4 	organizations, fee title owners, or other 
17.5 	qualified private entities to acquire wetland 
17.6 	replacement credits in accordance with 
17.7 	Minnesota Rules, chapter 8420.

17.8	Subd. 4.South St. Paul - Seidl's Lake
 				781,000
	
17.9 	For a grant to the city of South St. Paul for 
17.10 	capital improvements to improve the water 
17.11 	quality of Seidl's Lake. The capital 
17.12 	improvements include design, engineering, 
17.13 	construction, and equipping of a storm water 
17.14 	lift station to discharge excess storm water 
17.15 	into the city of South St. Paul's storm sewer 
17.16 	system to minimize the fluctuating water 
17.17 	levels of the lake. This project would be 
17.18 	implemented jointly by the cities of South St. 
17.19 	Paul, Inver Grove Heights, and West St. Paul.

17.20	Sec. 9. RURAL FINANCE AUTHORITY.
 			$
	35,000,000
	
17.21 	For the purposes set forth in the Minnesota 
17.22 	Constitution, article XI, section 5, paragraph 
17.23 	(h), to the Rural Finance Authority to purchase 
17.24 	participation interests in or to make direct 
17.25 	agricultural loans to farmers under Minnesota 
17.26 	Statutes, chapter 41B. This appropriation is 
17.27 	for the beginning farmer program under 
17.28 	Minnesota Statutes, section 41B.039; the loan 
17.29 	restructuring program under Minnesota 
17.30 	Statutes, section 41B.04; the seller-sponsored 
17.31 	program under Minnesota Statutes, section 
17.32 	41B.042; the agricultural improvement loan 
17.33 	program under Minnesota Statutes, section 
17.34 	41B.043; and the livestock expansion loan 
18.1 	program under Minnesota Statutes, section 
18.2 	41B.045. All debt service on bond proceeds 
18.3 	used to finance this appropriation must be 
18.4 	repaid by the Rural Finance Authority under 
18.5 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.643. Loan 
18.6 	participations must be priced to provide full 
18.7 	interest and principal coverage and a reserve 
18.8 	for potential losses. Priority for loans must be 
18.9 	given first to basic beginning farmer loans, 
18.10 	second to seller-sponsored loans, and third to 
18.11 	agricultural improvement loans.
18.12 	If an appropriation for the same purpose as in 
18.13 	this section is enacted more than once in the 
18.14 	2018 legislative session, the appropriation 
18.15 	must be given effect only once. If the 
18.16 	appropriations for the same purpose are for 
18.17 	different amounts, the highest of the amounts 
18.18 	is the one to be given effect.

18.19
18.20	Sec. 10. MINNESOTA ZOOLOGICAL 
GARDEN
 			$
	10,000,000
	
18.21 	To the Minnesota Zoological Garden Board 
18.22 	for capital asset preservation improvements 
18.23 	and betterments to infrastructure and exhibits 
18.24 	at the Minnesota Zoo, to be spent in 
18.25 	accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 
18.26 	16B.307. Notwithstanding the specified uses 
18.27 	of money under Minnesota Statutes, section 
18.28 	16B.307, the board may use this appropriation 
18.29 	to replace buildings that are in poor condition, 
18.30 	outdated, and no longer support the work of 
18.31 	the Minnesota Zoo and to construct and 
18.32 	renovate trails and roads on the Minnesota 
18.33 	Zoo site.

18.34	Sec. 11. ADMINISTRATION

19.1	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	16,000,000
	
19.2 	To the commissioner of administration for the 
19.3 	purposes specified in this section.

19.4
19.5	Subd. 2.Capital Asset Preservation and 
Replacement Account
 				5,000,000
	
19.6 	To be spent in accordance with Minnesota 
19.7 	Statutes, section 16A.632.

19.8
19.9	Subd. 3.Capitol Complex Monuments and 
Memorials
 				1,000,000
	
19.10 	To design and complete repairs to monuments 
19.11 	and memorials located on the Capitol complex.

19.12
19.13	Subd. 4.Capitol Complex - Physical Security 
Upgrades
 				10,000,000
	
19.14 	To design, construct, and equip upgrades to 
19.15 	the physical security elements and systems for 
19.16 	one or more of the buildings listed in this 
19.17 	subdivision, their attached tunnel systems, 
19.18 	their surrounding grounds, and parking 
19.19 	facilities as identified in the 2017 Minnesota 
19.20 	State Capitol Complex Physical Security 
19.21 	Predesign completed by Miller Dunwiddie. 
19.22 	Improvements may include but are not limited 
19.23 	to design and abatement of asbestos and 
19.24 	hazardous materials, the installation of 
19.25 	bollards, blast protection, infrastructure 
19.26 	security screen walls, door access controls, 
19.27 	emergency call stations, security kiosks, 
19.28 	locking devices, and traffic control. This 
19.29 	appropriation includes money for work 
19.30 	associated with one or more of the following 
19.31 	buildings: Administration, Centennial, 
19.32 	Judicial, Ag/Health Lab, Minnesota History 
19.33 	Center, Capitol Complex Power Plant and 
19.34 	Shops, Stassen, State Office, and Veterans 
19.35 	Service.

20.1	Sec. 12. MILITARY AFFAIRS
 			$
	4,450,000
	
20.2 	To the adjutant general to design and renovate 
20.3 	existing space at the St. Cloud Readiness 
20.4 	Center, including mechanical, electrical, 
20.5 	building envelope, energy efficiency, and life 
20.6 	safety improvements. The adjutant general 
20.7 	may also use this appropriation to construct 
20.8 	and equip an expansion of the facility.

20.9	Sec. 13. PUBLIC SAFETY

20.10	Subdivision 1. Total Appropriation
 			$
	22,500,000
	
20.11 	To the commissioner of public safety for the 
20.12 	purposes specified in this section.

20.13
20.14	Subd. 2.East Metro Training Facility - HERO 
Center
 				9,900,000
	
20.15 	For a grant to the city of Cottage Grove to 
20.16 	construct, furnish, and equip a Health and 
20.17 	Emergency Response Occupations (HERO) 
20.18 	Center in Cottage Grove.

20.19
20.20	Subd. 3.Dakota County - Regional Public Safety 
Center
 				6,600,000
	
20.21 	For a grant to Dakota County to acquire land 
20.22 	for and to predesign, design, construct, furnish, 
20.23 	and equip the Safety and Mental Health 
20.24 	Alternative Response Training (SMART) 
20.25 	Center. The center shall serve as a centrally 
20.26 	located regional hub and provide training 
20.27 	space for the Minnesota Crisis Intervention 
20.28 	Team as well as provide a central location for 
20.29 	other public safety resources.

20.30	Subd. 4.Marshall - MERIT Center
 				6,000,000
	
20.31 	For a grant to the city of Marshall to design, 
20.32 	construct, furnish, and equip the driver training 
20.33 	and road course expansion of the Minnesota 
21.1 	Emergency Response and Industrial Training 
21.2 	(MERIT) Center in Marshall.

21.3	Sec. 14. TRANSPORTATION

21.4	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	120,141,000
	
21.5 	To the commissioner of transportation for the 
21.6 	purposes specified in this section.

21.7	Subd. 2.Local Road Improvement Fund Grants
 				91,921,000
	
21.8 	From the bond proceeds account in the state 
21.9 	transportation fund as provided in Minnesota 
21.10 	Statutes, section 174.50, for trunk highway 
21.11 	corridor projects under Minnesota Statutes, 
21.12 	section 174.52, subdivision 2, for construction 
21.13 	and reconstruction of local roads with 
21.14 	statewide or regional significance under 
21.15 	Minnesota Statutes, section 174.52, 
21.16 	subdivision 4, or for grants to counties to assist 
21.17 	in paying the costs of rural road safety capital 
21.18 	improvement projects on county state-aid 
21.19 	highways under Minnesota Statutes, section 
21.20 	174.52, subdivision 4a.
21.21 	Of this amount, $13,500,000 is for a grant to 
21.22 	the city of Dayton for design, engineering, 
21.23 	environmental analysis, property and easement 
21.24 	acquisition, construction, and reconstruction 
21.25 	of local roads in conjunction with an 
21.26 	interchange on marked Interstate Highway 94 
21.27 	near Hennepin County State-Aid Highway 
21.28 	101, known as Brockton Lane, in Dayton.
21.29 	Of this amount, $6,100,000 is for a grant to 
21.30 	the city of Inver Grove Heights to predesign, 
21.31 	design, engineer, acquire right-of-way 
21.32 	property and temporary and permanent 
21.33 	easements, relocate private utilities, inspect, 
21.34 	and construct or reconstruct: (1) realignment 
22.1 	of Dakota County State-Aid Highway 63, 
22.2 	known as Argenta Trail, in Inver Grove 
22.3 	Heights, from northerly of its intersection with 
22.4 	Amana Trail to the anticipated future 
22.5 	alignment of 65th Street, then west to the 
22.6 	existing Argenta Trail alignment, and in 
22.7 	anticipation of the development of an 
22.8 	interchange of Argenta Trail and marked 
22.9 	Interstate Highway 494; and (2) expansion 
22.10 	from two lanes to four lanes of Dakota County 
22.11 	State-Aid Highway 26, known as 70th Street 
22.12 	West, in Inver Grove Heights, from the border 
22.13 	with Eagan to the intersection with Argenta 
22.14 	Trail as realigned.

22.15
22.16
22.17	Subd. 3.Hennepin County State-Aid Highway 
9 (Rockford Road) and Marked Interstate 
Highway 494
 				10,720,000
	
22.18 	$5,360,000 is from the bond proceeds account 
22.19 	in the state transportation fund for a grant to 
22.20 	Hennepin County and $5,360,000 is from the 
22.21 	bond proceeds account in the trunk highway 
22.22 	fund to design, engineer, construct, and equip 
22.23 	the interchange at Hennepin County State-Aid 
22.24 	Highway 9 and marked Interstate Highway 
22.25 	494, including replacing the County State-Aid 
22.26 	Highway 9 bridge over marked Interstate 
22.27 	Highway 494 and the ramps connecting 
22.28 	County State-Aid Highway 9 and marked 
22.29 	Interstate Highway 494.

22.30
22.31	Subd. 4.Ramsey County Regional Railroad 
Authority
 				1,000,000
	
22.32 	For a grant to the Ramsey County Regional 
22.33 	Railroad Authority for environmental analysis 
22.34 	and design of rail grade separation of Union 
22.35 	Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe track 
23.1 	between Westminster Junction and Division 
23.2 	Street/Hoffman Interlocking in St. Paul.

23.3
23.4	Subd. 5.Trunk Highway 29 - Railroad Grade 
Separation in Pope County
 				10,500,000
	
23.5 	From the bond proceeds account in the trunk 
23.6 	highway fund for construction of the 
23.7 	interchange at marked Trunk Highway 55 and 
23.8 	marked Trunk Highway 29 near the city of 
23.9 	Glenwood, including grade separation of the 
23.10 	adjacent rail crossing of marked Trunk 
23.11 	Highway 29.

23.12	Subd. 6.Port Development Assistance
 				6,000,000
	
23.13 	For grants under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
23.14 	457A. Any improvements made with the 
23.15 	proceeds of these grants must be publicly 
23.16 	owned.

23.17	Subd. 7.Corridors of Commerce
 				145,000,000
	
23.18 	From the bond proceeds account in the trunk 
23.19 	highway fund for the corridors of commerce 
23.20 	program under Minnesota Statutes, section 
23.21 	161.088.
23.22 	The commissioner may use up to 17 percent 
23.23 	of the amount for program delivery.

23.24	Subd. 8.Trunk Highway-Rail Grade Separations
 				75,000,000
	
23.25 	From the bond proceeds account in the trunk 
23.26 	highway fund for trunk highway-rail grade 
23.27 	separation projects: (1) identified as priority 
23.28 	grade separation recommendations in the final 
23.29 	report on highway-rail grade crossing 
23.30 	improvements submitted under Laws 2014, 
23.31 	chapter 312, article 10, section 10; and (2) for 
23.32 	which trunk highway bond proceeds are a 
23.33 	permissible use.
24.1 	If any proceeds under this subdivision remain 
24.2 	following a determination by the 
24.3 	commissioner that sufficient resources have 
24.4 	been committed to complete all eligible 
24.5 	projects, the remaining amount is available 
24.6 	for the corridors of commerce program under 
24.7 	Minnesota Statutes, section 161.088.

24.8	Subd. 9.Transportation Facilities Capital
 				30,000,000
	
24.9 	From the bond proceeds account in the trunk 
24.10 	highway fund for the transportation facilities 
24.11 	capital program under Minnesota Statutes, 
24.12 	section 174.13.

24.13	Sec. 15. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL

24.14	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	20,000,000
	
24.15 	To the Metropolitan Council for the purposes 
24.16 	specified in this section.

24.17
24.18	Subd. 2.Metropolitan Regional Parks and Trails 
Capital Improvements
 				10,000,000
	
24.19 	For the cost of improvements and betterments 
24.20 	of a capital nature and acquisition by the 
24.21 	council and local government units of regional 
24.22 	recreational open-space lands in accordance 
24.23 	with the council's policy plan as provided in 
24.24 	Minnesota Statutes, section 473.147. This 
24.25 	appropriation must not be used to purchase 
24.26 	easements.

24.27
24.28	Subd. 3.Metropolitan Cities Inflow and 
Infiltration Grants
 				5,000,000
	
24.29 	For grants to cities within the metropolitan 
24.30 	area, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 
24.31 	473.121, subdivision 2, for capital 
24.32 	improvements in municipal wastewater 
24.33 	collection systems to reduce the amount of 
24.34 	inflow and infiltration to the Metropolitan 
25.1 	Council's metropolitan sanitary sewer disposal 
25.2 	system. Grants from this appropriation are for 
25.3 	up to 50 percent of the cost to mitigate inflow 
25.4 	and infiltration in the publicly owned 
25.5 	municipal wastewater collection systems. To 
25.6 	be eligible for a grant, a city must be identified 
25.7 	by the council as a contributor of excessive 
25.8 	inflow and infiltration in the metropolitan 
25.9 	disposal system or have a measured flow rate 
25.10 	within 20 percent of its allowable 
25.11 	council-determined inflow and infiltration 
25.12 	limits. The council must award grants based 
25.13 	on applications from cities that identify 
25.14 	eligible capital costs and include a timeline 
25.15 	for inflow and infiltration mitigation 
25.16 	construction, pursuant to guidelines 
25.17 	established by the council.

25.18	Subd. 4.New Hope - 50 Meter Pool
 				2,000,000
	
25.19 	For a grant to the city of New Hope to 
25.20 	predesign, design, construct, and equip an 
25.21 	outdoor 50-meter swimming pool on the civic 
25.22 	center campus.

25.23	Subd. 5.St. Paul - Wakan Tipi Center
 				3,000,000
	
25.24 	For a grant to the city of St. Paul to predesign, 
25.25 	design, construct, furnish, and equip the 
25.26 	Wakan Tipi Center in the Bruce Vento Nature 
25.27 	Sanctuary in St. Paul for programs that the 
25.28 	city determines meet regional and city park 
25.29 	purpose requirements. The city may enter into 
25.30 	a lease or management agreement under 
25.31 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695, to 
25.32 	operate the programs in the center.

25.33	Sec. 16. HUMAN SERVICES

25.34	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	54,650,000
	
26.1 	To the commissioner of administration, or 
26.2 	other named entity, for the purposes specified 
26.3 	in this section.

26.4	Subd. 2.Asset Preservation
 				10,000,000
	
26.5 	For asset preservation improvements and 
26.6 	betterments of a capital nature at Department 
26.7 	of Human Services facilities statewide, to be 
26.8 	spent in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, 
26.9 	section 16B.307.

26.10
26.11	Subd. 3.Anoka Metro Regional Treatment 
Center - Roof and HVAC Replacement
 				6,750,000
	
26.12 	To predesign, design, engineer, construct, and 
26.13 	equip improvements on the Anoka Metro 
26.14 	Regional Treatment Center campus, including 
26.15 	but not limited to design and abatement of 
26.16 	asbestos and hazardous materials, replacement 
26.17 	of roofs on residential units, installation of 
26.18 	metal wall cladding on the mechanical 
26.19 	penthouses, installation of new heating, 
26.20 	ventilation, and air conditioning systems, fire 
26.21 	sprinkler systems, electrical lighting systems 
26.22 	in the Miller Building, and installation of a 
26.23 	new heating system in the warehouse building.

26.24
26.25	Subd. 4.Regional Behavioral Health Crisis 
Facility Grants
 				25,100,000
	
26.26 	To the commissioner of human services for 
26.27 	behavioral health crisis program facilities 
26.28 	grants under article 2, section 31.

26.29	Subd. 5.Minneapolis - The Family Partnership
 				10,000,000
	
26.30 	To the commissioner of human services for a 
26.31 	grant to the city of Minneapolis to acquire real 
26.32 	property, demolish unusable portions of the 
26.33 	existing building, renovate some areas of the 
26.34 	existing building, construct new space, and to 
26.35 	furnish and equip the facility to provide mental 
27.1 	health, early childhood education, and other 
27.2 	services to support children and families.

27.3
27.4
27.5	Subd. 6.Scott County; Regional Crisis 
Stabilization and Intensive Residential 
Treatment Services Facility
 				1,900,000
	
27.6 	To the commissioner of human services for a 
27.7 	grant to Scott County to design, construct, 
27.8 	furnish, and equip a facility in the city of 
27.9 	Savage to provide regional intensive 
27.10 	residential and treatment services (IRTS) and 
27.11 	residential crisis stabilization subject to 
27.12 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695. This 
27.13 	appropriation shall be used for construction 
27.14 	of a 16-bed facility in conjunction with Guild 
27.15 	Incorporated, a nonprofit organization based 
27.16 	in St. Paul, to maximize the space available 
27.17 	for 16 IRTS and crisis stabilization beds. The 
27.18 	new facility shall provide acute stabilization 
27.19 	and treatment for persons with a primary or 
27.20 	secondary mental health diagnosis in lieu of 
27.21 	inpatient psychiatric hospitalization.

27.22	Subd. 7.White Earth Opiate Treatment Facility
 				900,000
	
27.23 	From the general fund to the commissioner of 
27.24 	human services for a grant to the tribal council 
27.25 	of the White Earth Nation to refurbish and 
27.26 	equip the White Earth Opiate Treatment 
27.27 	Facility on the White Earth Reservation. The 
27.28 	facility shall treat Native Americans and 
27.29 	provide culturally specific programming to 
27.30 	individuals placed in the treatment center.

27.31	Sec. 17. VETERANS AFFAIRS
 			$
	10,000,000
	
27.32 	To the commissioner of administration for 
27.33 	asset preservation improvements and 
27.34 	betterments of a capital nature at the veterans 
27.35 	homes in Minneapolis, Hastings, Fergus Falls, 
28.1 	Silver Bay, and Luverne, and the Little Falls 
28.2 	Cemetery, to be spent in accordance with 
28.3 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307.

28.4	Sec. 18. CORRECTIONS

28.5	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	24,650,000
	
28.6 	To the commissioner of administration for the 
28.7 	purposes specified in this section.

28.8	Subd. 2.Asset Preservation
 				20,000,000
	
28.9 	For asset preservation improvements and 
28.10 	betterments of a capital nature at Minnesota 
28.11 	correctional facilities statewide, to be spent in 
28.12 	accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 
28.13 	16B.307.

28.14
28.15	Subd. 3.Minnesota Correctional Facility - St. 
Cloud
 				2,700,000
	
28.16 	To design and install the second of two interior 
28.17 	fences circling the inside of the existing 
28.18 	granite walls to provide a new secure 
28.19 	perimeter, including appropriate lighting, 
28.20 	cameras, and fence detection systems to 
28.21 	complete the project at the Minnesota 
28.22 	Correctional Facility - St. Cloud.

28.23
28.24	Subd. 4.Minnesota Correctional Facility - Moose 
Lake
 				1,950,000
	
28.25 	To predesign, design, construct, furnish, and 
28.26 	equip the renovation and expansion of the 
28.27 	outdated master control center at the 
28.28 	Minnesota Correctional Facility - Moose Lake 
28.29 	to improve security and efficiency. The 
28.30 	renovation includes updating fire alarm panels 
28.31 	and mechanical and electrical systems and 
28.32 	improving visibility of the visiting area.

29.1	Subd. 5.Unspent Appropriations
 					
29.2 	The unspent portion of an appropriation for a 
29.3 	Department of Corrections project in this 
29.4 	section that is complete, upon written notice 
29.5 	to the commissioner of management and 
29.6 	budget, is available for asset preservation 
29.7 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307. 
29.8 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, applies 
29.9 	from the date of the original appropriation to 
29.10 	the unspent amount transferred.

29.11
29.12	Sec. 19. EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC 
DEVELOPMENT

29.13	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	81,719,000
	
29.14 	To the commissioner of employment and 
29.15 	economic development for the purposes 
29.16 	specified in this section.

29.17
29.18	Subd. 2.Greater Minnesota Business 
Development Public Infrastructure Grants
 				3,000,000
	
29.19 	For grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 
29.20 	116J.431.

29.21	Subd. 3.Transportation Economic Development
 				4,000,000
	
29.22 	For grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 
29.23 	116J.436.

29.24
29.25	Subd. 4.Innovative Business Development Public 
Infrastructure Grants
 				2,000,000
	
29.26 	For grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 
29.27 	116J.435.

29.28	Subd. 5.Austin - Public TV
 				2,850,000
	
29.29 	For a grant to the city of Austin to acquire land 
29.30 	for, and to predesign, design, construct, 
29.31 	furnish, and equip a regional public television 
29.32 	station in the city of Austin.

29.33	Subd. 6.Brooklyn Park - Second Harvest
 				18,000,000
	
30.1 	For a grant to the city of Brooklyn Park to 
30.2 	acquire land for, and to predesign, design, 
30.3 	construct, furnish, and equip a statewide 
30.4 	Second Harvest Heartland charitable food 
30.5 	warehouse, distribution, and office facility in 
30.6 	the city of Brooklyn Park. The city may enter 
30.7 	into lease or management agreements under 
30.8 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695, for 
30.9 	operation of the facility. Amounts expended 
30.10 	for this project by nonstate sources​ since June 
30.11 	1, 2016, shall count toward the nonstate match.
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30.12	Subd. 7.Duluth - Steam Plant
 				6,900,000
	
30.13 	From the general fund for a grant to the city 
30.14 	of Duluth for the same purposes as in Laws 
30.15 	2017, First Special Session chapter 8, article 
30.16 	1, section 20, subdivision 7, the Duluth 
30.17 	municipal district heating facility and systems 
30.18 	upgrade.

30.19	Subd. 8.Hennepin County - Children's Theatre
 				1,000,000
	
30.20 	For a grant to Hennepin County to design, 
30.21 	renovate, furnish, and equip the Children's 
30.22 	Theatre Company's current facility, including 
30.23 	improvements to the facility's existing heating, 
30.24 	ventilation, and air conditioning system, 
30.25 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
30.26 	16A.695.

30.27
30.28	Subd. 9.Itasca County - Northern Community 
Radio Infrastructure
 				514,000
	
30.29 	For a grant to Itasca County for site 
30.30 	preparation, including deconstruction and 
30.31 	removal of the old KAXE Northern 
30.32 	Community Radio broadcast tower, and to 
30.33 	design, construct, and equip a new broadcast 
30.34 	tower, transmitter, and transmission building 
30.35 	in Trout Lake Township for a 100,000-watt 
31.1 	public radio station to replace the KAXE 
31.2 	Northern Community Radio transmission 
31.3 	plant.

31.4	Subd. 10.Jackson - Memorial Park
 				290,000
	
31.5 	For  a grant to the city of Jackson to complete 
31.6 	phase I of the redevelopment of Memorial 
31.7 	Park, including trails, landscaping, a canoe 
31.8 	launch, and other amenities.

31.9	Subd. 11.Litchfield Opera House
 				100,000
	
31.10 	From the general fund for a grant to the 
31.11 	Greater Litchfield Opera House Association 
31.12 	to repair and update the electrical capabilities 
31.13 	and interior walls in the Litchfield Opera 
31.14 	House.

31.15
31.16	Subd. 12.Minneapolis - Upper Harbor Terminal 
Redevelopment
 				15,000,000
	
31.17 	For a grant to the city of Minneapolis, the 
31.18 	Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, or 
31.19 	both, for predevelopment, predesign, design, 
31.20 	and construction work for site preparation and 
31.21 	for park and public infrastructure 
31.22 	improvements to support an initial phase of 
31.23 	redevelopment of the Upper Harbor Terminal 
31.24 	on the Mississippi River; a site that was 
31.25 	rendered inoperable for barging by the federal 
31.26 	closure of the Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock.

31.27	Subd. 13.Pipestone County
 				500,000
	
31.28 	For a grant to Pipestone County to predesign, 
31.29 	design, construct, furnish, and equip a dental 
31.30 	care facility in Pipestone County. The county 
31.31 	may enter into an agreement under Minnesota 
31.32 	Statutes, section 16A.695, for operation of the 
31.33 	dental clinic.

32.1
32.2	Subd. 14.Polk County - North Country Food 
Bank
 				3,000,000
	
32.3 	For a grant to Polk County to predesign, 
32.4 	design, construct, renovate, furnish, and equip 
32.5 	a regional charitable food warehouse, 
32.6 	distribution, and office facility in the city of 
32.7 	Crookston, subject to Minnesota Statutes, 
32.8 	section 16A.695. The value of land purchased 
32.9 	or acquired by the county after January 1, 
32.10 	2013, for this facility shall count toward the 
32.11 	nonstate match.

32.12	Subd. 15.Silver Bay - Black Beach Campground
 				1,765,000
	
32.13 	For a grant to the city of Silver Bay to 
32.14 	predesign, design, construct, furnish, and 
32.15 	equip a campground adjacent to the Black 
32.16 	Beach recreational beach in Silver Bay, 
32.17 	including camping sites; electrical, water, and 
32.18 	sewer infrastructure; a playground; a pavilion; 
32.19 	lavatory vaults; a shower and lavatory 
32.20 	building; and a main office building. This 
32.21 	appropriation may also be used to design, 
32.22 	construct, and equip a walking trail from the 
32.23 	campground to the Black Beach recreational 
32.24 	site. The nonstate contribution may be made 
32.25 	in-kind. In-kind contributions may include site 
32.26 	preparation, whether begun before or after the 
32.27 	effective date of this section.

32.28	Subd. 16.St. Paul - Conway Recreation Center
 				4,500,000
	
32.29 	For a grant to the city of St. Paul to complete 
32.30 	the construction of playing fields and 
32.31 	expansion of facilities at the Conway 
32.32 	Community Recreation Center, including the 
32.33 	renovation of and addition to the existing 
32.34 	structure at the field location, site remediation, 
32.35 	design and site improvements, construction 
33.1 	of seasonal dome infrastructure, and 
33.2 	construction of four turf athletic fields. The 
33.3 	district may enter into a lease management 
33.4 	agreement under Minnesota Statutes, section 
33.5 	16A.695, for operation of the facility.

33.6	Subd. 17.St. Paul - Humanities Center
 				2,700,000
	
33.7 	For a grant to the city of St. Paul for asset 
33.8 	preservation of the Minnesota Humanities 
33.9 	Center's main facility, including capital 
33.10 	improvements for building envelope, 
33.11 	foundation, and structural integrity, and for 
33.12 	mechanical systems upgrades, including 
33.13 	heating, ventilation, and cooling, subject to 
33.14 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695.

33.15
33.16	Subd. 18.St. Paul - Minnesota Museum of 
American Art
 				2,500,000
	
33.17 	For a grant to the St. Paul Port Authority to 
33.18 	acquire, design, construct, furnish, and equip 
33.19 	the Minnesota Museum of American Art in 
33.20 	the historic Pioneer Endicott Building. This 
33.21 	appropriation is in addition to the amount 
33.22 	appropriated by Laws 2017, First Special 
33.23 	Session chapter 8, article 1, section 20, 
33.24 	subdivision 21, and is available in accordance 
33.25 	with the requirements of that subdivision. This 
33.26 	appropriation may be used as needed for the 
33.27 	costs of the project, including but not limited 
33.28 	to secure loading dock, art restoration, and 
33.29 	exhibit preparation areas.

33.30
33.31	Subd. 19.Wabasha - National Eagle Center and 
Wabasha Rivertown Resurgence
 				8,100,000
	
33.32 	For a grant to the city of Wabasha to acquire 
33.33 	land, predesign, design, renovate, construct, 
33.34 	furnish, and equip the National Eagle Center 
33.35 	in order to expand program and exhibit space, 
34.1 	increase aviary space for eagles, and for 
34.2 	improvements to the riverfront in Wabasha 
34.3 	for infrastructure, large vessel landing areas 
34.4 	and docks, and public access and program 
34.5 	areas.

34.6	Subd. 20.Waite Park - Quarry Redevelopment
 				5,000,000
	
34.7 	For a grant to the city of Waite Park to 
34.8 	redevelop a former quarry site located off 
34.9 	Parkway Drive and 17th Avenue South as a 
34.10 	regional park and to predesign, design, 
34.11 	construct, furnish, and equip a public open-air 
34.12 	stage and related facilities. The city may enter 
34.13 	into one or more lease or management 
34.14 	agreements for operation of the open-air stage 
34.15 	and related facilities, subject to Minnesota 
34.16 	Statutes, section 16A.695.

34.17	Sec. 20. PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY

34.18	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	120,000,000
	
34.19 	To the Public Facilities Authority for the 
34.20 	purposes specified in this section.

34.21	Subd. 2.State Match for Federal Grants
 				20,000,000
	
34.22 	To match federal grants for the clean water 
34.23 	revolving fund under Minnesota Statutes, 
34.24 	section 446A.07, and the drinking water 
34.25 	revolving fund under Minnesota Statutes, 
34.26 	section 446A.081. This appropriation must be 
34.27 	used for qualified capital projects.

34.28	Subd. 3.Water Infrastructure Funding Program
 				55,000,000
	
34.29 	(a) For grants to eligible municipalities under 
34.30 	the water infrastructure funding program under 
34.31 	Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.072.
34.32 	(b) $30,000,000 is for wastewater projects 
34.33 	listed on the Pollution Control Agency's 
35.1 	project priority list in the fundable range under 
35.2 	the clean water revolving fund program. Of 
35.3 	this amount, and in addition to any other grant 
35.4 	under the program, $3,000,000 is for a grant 
35.5 	to the city of Windom to design, construct, 
35.6 	and equip capital improvements to renovate 
35.7 	and upgrade the municipal wastewater 
35.8 	treatment facility, and $2,000,000 is for a grant 
35.9 	to the city of Albertville to design and 
35.10 	construct wastewater infrastructure 
35.11 	improvements.
35.12 	(c) $25,000,000 is for drinking water projects 
35.13 	listed on the commissioner of health's project 
35.14 	priority list in the fundable range under the 
35.15 	drinking water revolving fund program.
35.16 	(d) After all eligible projects under paragraph 
35.17 	(b) or (c) have been funded, the Public 
35.18 	Facilities Authority may transfer any 
35.19 	remaining, uncommitted money to eligible 
35.20 	projects under a program defined in paragraph 
35.21 	(b) or (c) based on that program's project 
35.22 	priority list.
35.23 	(e) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
35.24 	section 446A.072, subdivision 5a, paragraph 
35.25 	(b), the Western Lake Superior Sanitary 
35.26 	District is eligible for a grant to predesign, 
35.27 	design, construct, furnish, and equip a 
35.28 	combined heat and power system.

35.29
35.30	Subd. 4.Point Source Implementation Grants 
Program
 				45,000,000
	
35.31 	For grants to eligible municipalities under the 
35.32 	point source implementation grants program 
35.33 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.073. 
35.34 	This appropriation must be used for qualified 
35.35 	capital projects.

36.1
36.2	Sec. 21. MINNESOTA HOUSING FINANCE 
AGENCY
 			$
	6,700,000
	
36.3 	For transfer to the housing development fund 
36.4 	to finance the costs of rehabilitation to 
36.5 	preserve public housing under Minnesota 
36.6 	Statutes, section 462A.202, subdivision 3a. 
36.7 	For purposes of this section, "public housing" 
36.8 	means housing for low-income persons and 
36.9 	households financed by the federal 
36.10 	government and owned and operated by the 
36.11 	public housing authorities and agencies formed 
36.12 	by cities and counties. Public housing 
36.13 	authorities receiving a public housing 
36.14 	assessment composite score of 80 or above or 
36.15 	an equivalent designation are eligible to 
36.16 	receive funding. Priority must be given to 
36.17 	proposals that maximize federal or local 
36.18 	resources to finance the capital costs. The 
36.19 	priority in Minnesota Statutes, section 
36.20 	462A.202, subdivision 3a, for projects to 
36.21 	increase the supply of affordable housing and 
36.22 	the restrictions of Minnesota Statutes, section 
36.23 	462A.202, subdivision 7, do not apply to this 
36.24 	appropriation.

36.25
36.26	Sec. 22. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL 
SOCIETY

36.27	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	40,000,000
	
36.28 	To the Minnesota Historical Society for the 
36.29 	purposes specified in this section.

36.30	Subd. 2.Historic Sites Asset Preservation
 				10,000,000
	
36.31 	For capital improvements and betterments at 
36.32 	state historic sites, buildings, landscaping at 
36.33 	historic buildings, exhibits, markers, and 
36.34 	monuments, to be spent in accordance with 
36.35 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307. The 
37.1 	society shall determine project priorities as 
37.2 	appropriate based on need.

37.3	Subd. 3.Historic Fort Snelling
 				30,000,000
	
37.4 	To demolish the existing visitor center and to 
37.5 	renovate, construct, furnish, and equip 
37.6 	facilities, including landscaping and 
37.7 	wayfinding, to support visitor services and 
37.8 	history programs at Historic Fort Snelling.

37.9	Sec. 23. BOND SALE EXPENSES

37.10	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	910,000
	
37.11 	To the commissioner of management and 
37.12 	budget for the purposes specified in this 
37.13 	section.

37.14	Subd. 2.Bond Proceeds Fund
 				890,000
	
37.15 	From the bond proceeds fund for bond sale 
37.16 	expenses under Minnesota Statutes, section 
37.17 	16A.641, subdivision 8.

37.18	Subd. 3.Trunk Highway Fund
 				270,000
	
37.19 	From the bond proceeds account in the trunk 
37.20 	highway fund for bond sale expenses under 
37.21 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.641, 
37.22 	subdivision 8, and 167.50, subdivision 4.

37.23 	Sec. 24. BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.
 37.24 		Subdivision 1.Bond proceeds fund. To provide the money appropriated in this act from 
37.25 	the bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue 
37.26 	bonds of the state in an amount up to $779,882,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with 
37.27 	the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the 
37.28 	Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
37.29 		Subd. 2.Transportation fund. To provide the money appropriated in this act from the 
37.30 	state transportation fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue 
37.31 	bonds of the state in an amount up to $97,281,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with 
38.1 	the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the 
38.2 	Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
38.3 		Subd. 3.Maximum effort school loan fund. To provide the money appropriated in this 
38.4 	act from the maximum effort school loan fund, the commissioner of management and budget 
38.5 	shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $14,492,000 in the manner, upon 
38.6 	the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, 
38.7 	and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7. The proceeds of the bonds, 
38.8 	except accrued interest and any premium received on the sale of the bonds, must be credited 
38.9 	to a bond proceeds account in the maximum effort school loan fund.
38.10 		Subd. 4.Trunk highway fund. To provide the money appropriated in this article from 
38.11 	the bond proceeds account in the trunk highway fund, the commissioner of management 
38.12 	and budget shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $266,130,000 in the 
38.13 	manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 
38.14 	167.50 to 167.52, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XIV, section 11, at the times 
38.15 	and in the amounts requested by the commissioner of transportation. The proceeds of the 
38.16 	bonds, except accrued interest and any premium received from the sale of the bonds, must 
38.17 	be deposited in the bond proceeds account in the trunk highway fund.

38.18 	Sec. 25. CANCELLATION.
 38.19 	The uncommitted and unobligated amount of the appropriation from the bond proceeds 
38.20 	fund in Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 12, section 18, subdivision 4, for the 
38.21 	transportation improvements within the Lindau Lane corridor in Bloomington, estimated 
38.22 	to be $4,035,839, is canceled, and the bond sale authorization in Laws 2011, First Special 
38.23 	Session chapter 12, section 23, subdivision 1, is reduced by the same amount.

38.24 	Sec. 26. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 8, article 1, section 27, is amended to 
38.25 	read:
38.26 	Sec. 27. BOND SALE SCHEDULE.
 38.27 	The commissioner of management and budget shall schedule the sale of state general 
38.28 	obligation bonds so that, during the biennium ending June 30, 2019, no more than 
38.29 	$1,555,301,000 $1,138,524,000 will need to be transferred from the general fund to the 
38.30 	state bond fund to pay principal and interest due and to become due on outstanding state 
38.31 	general obligation bonds. During the biennium, before each sale of state general obligation 
38.32 	bonds, the commissioner of management and budget shall calculate the amount of debt 
38.33 	service payments needed on bonds previously issued and shall estimate the amount of debt 
39.1 	service payments that will be needed on the bonds scheduled to be sold. The commissioner 
39.2 	shall adjust the amount of bonds scheduled to be sold so as to remain within the limit set 
39.3 	by this section. The amount needed to make the debt service payments is appropriated from 
39.4 	the general fund as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641.

39.5 	Sec. 27. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 39.6 	Except as otherwise provided, this article is effective the day following final enactment.

39.7 	ARTICLE 2
39.8 	MISCELLANEOUS

39.9 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 16A.86, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
39.10 		Subd. 4.Funding. (a) The state share of a project covered by this section must be no 
39.11 	more than half the total cost of the project, including predesign, design, construction, 
39.12 	furnishings, and equipment, except as provided in paragraph (b) or (c). This subdivision 
39.13 	does not apply to a project proposed by a school district or other school organization.
39.14 	(b) The state share may be more than half the total cost of a project if the project is 
39.15 	deemed needed as a result of a disaster or to prevent a disaster or is located in a political 
39.16 	subdivision with a very low average net tax capacity.
39.17 	(c) Nothing in this section prevents the governor from recommending, or the legislature 
39.18 	from considering or funding, projects that do not meet the deadline in subdivision 2 or the 
39.19 	criteria in this subdivision or subdivision 3 a state share that is greater than half the total 
39.20 	cost of the project when the governor or the legislature determines that there is a compelling 
39.21 	reason for the recommendation or funding.

39.22 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 16B.335, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
39.23 		Subdivision 1.Construction and major remodeling. (a) The commissioner, or any 
39.24 	other recipient to whom an appropriation is made to acquire or better public lands or buildings 
39.25 	or other public improvements of a capital nature, must not prepare final plans and 
39.26 	specifications for any construction, major remodeling, or land acquisition in anticipation 
39.27 	of which the appropriation was made until the agency that will use the project has presented 
39.28 	the program plan and cost estimates for all elements necessary to complete the project to 
39.29 	the chair of the senate Finance Committee and the chair of the house of representatives 
39.30 	Ways and Means Committee and the chairs have made their recommendations, and the 
39.31 	chair and ranking minority member of the senate Capital Investment Committee and the 
40.1 	chair and ranking minority member of the house of representatives Capital Investment 
40.2 	Committee are notified. "Construction or major remodeling" means construction of a new 
40.3 	building, a substantial addition to an existing building, or a substantial change to the interior 
40.4 	configuration of an existing building. The presentation must note any significant changes 
40.5 	in the work that will be done, or in its cost, since the appropriation for the project was 
40.6 	enacted or from the predesign submittal. The program plans and estimates must be presented 
40.7 	for review at least two weeks before a recommendation is needed. The recommendations 
40.8 	are advisory only. Failure or refusal to make a recommendation is considered a negative 
40.9 	recommendation. The chairs and ranking minority members of the senate Finance and 
40.10 	Capital Investment Committees and the house of representatives Capital Investment and 
40.11 	Ways and Means Committees must also be notified whenever there is a substantial change 
40.12 	in a construction or major remodeling project, or in its cost.
40.13 	(b) Capital projects exempt from the requirements of this subdivision include demolition 
40.14 	or decommissioning of state assets, hazardous material projects, utility infrastructure projects, 
40.15 	environmental testing, parking lots, parking structures, park and ride facilities, bus rapid 
40.16 	transit stations, light rail lines, passenger rail projects, freight rail projects, exterior lighting, 
40.17 	fencing, highway rest areas, truck stations, storage facilities not consisting primarily of 
40.18 	offices or heated work areas, roads, bridges, trails, pathways, campgrounds, athletic fields, 
40.19 	dams, floodwater retention systems, water access sites, harbors, sewer separation projects, 
40.20 	water and wastewater facilities, port development projects for which the commissioner of 
40.21 	transportation has entered into an assistance agreement under section 457A.04, ice centers, 
40.22 	a local government project with a construction cost of less than $1,500,000, or any other 
40.23 	capital project with a construction cost of less than $750,000.

40.24 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 16B.35, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
40.25 	read:
40.26 		Subd. 1c.PFA excluded. Notwithstanding subdivision 1, an appropriation to the Public 
40.27 	Facilities Authority, and project financing provided by the authority from the appropriation, 
40.28 	may not include an amount to acquire works of art.

40.29 	Sec. 4. [174.13] TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES CAPITAL PROGRAM.
40.30 		Subdivision 1.Program established. (a) A transportation facilities capital program is 
40.31 	established to prioritize among eligible projects that:
40.32 	(1) support the programmatic mission of the department;
40.33 	(2) extend the useful life of existing buildings; or
41.1 	(3) renovate or construct facilities to meet the department's current and future operational 
41.2 	needs.
41.3 	(b) Projects under the transportation facilities capital program may be funded by proceeds 
41.4 	from the sale of trunk highway bonds or from other funds appropriated for the purposes of 
41.5 	this section.
41.6 		Subd. 2.Accounts. (a) A transportation facilities capital account is established in the 
41.7 	trunk highway fund. The account consists of all money made available from the trunk 
41.8 	highway fund for the purposes of this section and any other money donated, allotted, 
41.9 	transferred, or otherwise provided to the account by law. Money in the account is appropriated 
41.10 	to the commissioner for the purposes specified and consistent with the standards and criteria 
41.11 	set forth in this section.
41.12 	(b) A transportation facilities capital account is established in the bond proceeds account 
41.13 	of the trunk highway fund. The account consists of trunk highway bond proceeds appropriated 
41.14 	to the commissioner for the transportation facilities capital program. Money in the account 
41.15 	may only be expended on trunk highway purposes, which includes the purposes in this 
41.16 	section.
41.17 		Subd. 3.Standards. (a) The legislature finds that many projects for preservation and 
41.18 	replacement of portions of existing capital assets constitute the construction, improvement, 
41.19 	and maintenance of the public highway system within the meaning of the Minnesota 
41.20 	Constitution, article XIV, section 11, and capital expenditures under generally accepted 
41.21 	accounting principles as applied to public expenditures. Projects can be financed more 
41.22 	efficiently and economically under the program than by direct appropriations for specific 
41.23 	projects.
41.24 	(b) When allocating funding under this section, the commissioner must review the 
41.25 	projects deemed eligible under subdivision 4 and prioritize allocations using the criteria in 
41.26 	subdivision 5. Money allocated to a specific project in an appropriation or other law must 
41.27 	be allocated as provided by the law.
41.28 		Subd. 4.Eligible expenditures; limitations. (a) A project is eligible under this section 
41.29 	only if it is a capital expenditure on a capital building asset owned or to be owned by the 
41.30 	state within the meaning of generally accepted accounting principles as applied to public 
41.31 	expenditures.
41.32 	(b) Capital budget expenditures that are eligible under this section include but are not 
41.33 	limited to: (1) acquisition of land and buildings; and (2) the predesign, engineering, 
41.34 	construction, furnishing, and equipping of district headquarter buildings, truck stations, salt 
42.1 	storage or other unheated storage buildings, deicing and anti-icing facilities, fuel dispensing 
42.2 	facilities, highway rest areas, and vehicle weigh and inspection stations.
42.3 		Subd. 5.Criteria for priorities. When prioritizing funding allocation among projects 
42.4 	eligible under subdivision 4, the commissioner must consider:
42.5 	(1) whether a project ensures the effective and efficient condition and operation of the 
42.6 	facility;
42.7 	(2) the urgency in ensuring the safe use of existing buildings;
42.8 	(3) the project's total life-cycle cost;
42.9 	(4) additional criteria for priorities otherwise specified in state law, statute, or rule that 
42.10 	applies to a category listed in the act making an appropriation for the program; and
42.11 	(5) any other criteria the commissioner deems necessary.

42.12 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 219.016, subdivision 4, is amended 
42.13 	to read:
42.14 		Subd. 4.Eligible project. (a) A project is eligible for a grant from the account in the 
42.15 	bond proceeds fund if the project is for the acquisition or betterment of public land, buildings, 
42.16 	and other public improvements of a capital nature within the meaning of the Minnesota 
42.17 	Constitution, article XI, section 5, clause (a) or (i), including capital costs associated with 
42.18 	hazardous materials rail safety projects on public highway-rail grade crossings. Qualifying 
42.19 	capital costs include but are not limited to upgrades to existing protection systems, the 
42.20 	closing of crossings and necessary roadwork, and reconstruction of at-grade crossings to 
42.21 	full grade separations, and associated relocation of publicly owned utilities.
42.22 	(b) A project is eligible for a grant from the account in the special revenue fund if it is 
42.23 	for purposes described in paragraph (a) or other capital facility improvement purposes that 
42.24 	support the purposes for which this grant program is established, including capital costs 
42.25 	associated with planning, engineering, administration, and construction of public highway-rail 
42.26 	grade crossing improvements on rail corridors transporting crude oil and other hazardous 
42.27 	materials. Improvements may include upgrades to existing protection systems, the closing 
42.28 	of crossings and necessary roadwork, and reconstruction of at-grade crossings to full grade 
42.29 	separations, and associated relocation of publicly owned utilities.

43.1 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 222.49, is amended to read:
43.2 	222.49 RAIL SERVICE IMPROVEMENT ACCOUNT ACCOUNTS; 
43.3 	APPROPRIATION.
43.4 	The (a) A rail service improvement account is created in the special revenue fund in the 
43.5 	state treasury. The account consists of funds as provided by law, and any other money 
43.6 	donated, allotted, transferred, or otherwise provided to the account, excluding bond proceeds 
43.7 	as authorized by article XI, section 5, clause (i), of the Minnesota Constitution. All money 
43.8 	so deposited is appropriated to the department for expenditure for rail service improvement 
43.9 	in accordance with applicable state and federal law. This appropriation shall not lapse but 
43.10 	shall be available until the purpose for which it was appropriated has been accomplished.
43.11 	(b) A rail service improvement account is created in the bond proceeds fund. The account 
43.12 	consists of state bond proceeds appropriated to the commissioner. Money in the account 
43.13 	may only be expended for the purposes specified in section 222.50 that are permitted under 
43.14 	the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 5, clause (a) or (i).

43.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. Notwithstanding the order of enactment, this section does not 
43.16 	take effect if Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 222.49, is repealed by another 
43.17 	law enacted in the 2018 regular session.

43.18 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 326B.124, is amended to read:
43.19 	326B.124 EXEMPTIONS.
43.20 	(a) The commissioner may exempt a part of a historic building occupied by the state 
43.21 	from the state or another building, fire, safety, or other code if the exemption is necessary 
43.22 	to preserve the historic or esthetic character of the building or to prevent theft, vandalism, 
43.23 	terrorism, or another crime. When the commissioner grants an exemption, the commissioner 
43.24 	shall consider providing equivalent protection. A certificate of occupancy may not be denied 
43.25 	because of an exemption under this section.
43.26 	(b) The house of representatives and senate chambers located in the State Capitol are 
43.27 	exempt from any State Building Code and State Fire Code requirements pertaining to: (1) 
43.28 	door locks; (2) exit sign placement at exit access doors; and (2) (3) occupancy limit signs. 
43.29 	The house of representatives and senate may install door locks within their chambers in the 
43.30 	State Capitol that meet their needs. The house of representatives and senate may install exit 
43.31 	and occupancy limit signs within the house of representatives and senate chambers located 
43.32 	in the State Capitol that are minimal in size and historic in appearance as appropriate for 
43.33 	each chamber. Any door lock or sign installed by the house of representatives or the senate 
44.1 	under the authority provided in this paragraph is not subject to the approval of the 
44.2 	commissioner.

44.3 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 446A.073, subdivision 1, is amended 
44.4 	to read:
44.5 		Subdivision 1.Program established. When money is appropriated for grants under this 
44.6 	program, the authority shall award grants up to a maximum of $7,000,000 $9,000,000 to 
44.7 	governmental units to cover 80 percent of the cost of water infrastructure projects made 
44.8 	necessary by:
44.9 	(1) a wasteload reduction prescribed under a total maximum daily load plan required by 
44.10 	section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act, United States Code, title 33, section 1313(d);
44.11 	(2) a phosphorus concentration or mass limit which requires discharging one milligram 
44.12 	per liter or less at permitted design flow which is incorporated into a permit issued by the 
44.13 	Pollution Control Agency;
44.14 	(3) any other water quality-based effluent limit established under section 115.03, 
44.15 	subdivision 1, paragraph (e), clause (8), and incorporated into a permit issued by the Pollution 
44.16 	Control Agency that exceeds secondary treatment limits; or
44.17 	(4) a total nitrogen concentration or mass limit that requires discharging ten milligrams 
44.18 	per liter or less at permitted design flow.

44.19 	Sec. 9. [446A.076] ESTIMATED FUNDING NEEDS.
44.20 	By February 1 each year, the Public Facilities Authority must submit to the legislative 
44.21 	committees with jurisdiction over capital investment and environment and natural resources 
44.22 	finance an estimate of the amount necessary to fund grants under sections 446A.072 and 
44.23 	446A.073.

44.24 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 462A.37, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
44.25 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have 
44.26 	the meanings given.
44.27 	(b) "Abandoned property" has the meaning given in section 117.025, subdivision 5.
44.28 	(c) "Community land trust" means an entity that meets the requirements of section 
44.29 	462A.31, subdivisions 1 and 2.
45.1 	(d) "Debt service" means the amount payable in any fiscal year of principal, premium, 
45.2 	if any, and interest on housing infrastructure bonds and the fees, charges, and expenses 
45.3 	related to the bonds.
45.4 	(e) "Foreclosed property" means residential property where foreclosure proceedings 
45.5 	have been initiated or have been completed and title transferred or where title is transferred 
45.6 	in lieu of foreclosure.
45.7 	(f) "Housing infrastructure bonds" means bonds issued by the agency under this chapter 
45.8 	that are qualified 501(c)(3) bonds, within the meaning of Section 145(a) of the Internal 
45.9 	Revenue Code, finance qualified residential rental projects within the meaning of Section 
45.10 	142(d) of the Internal Revenue Code, or are tax-exempt bonds that are not private activity 
45.11 	bonds, within the meaning of Section 141(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, for the purpose 
45.12 	of financing or refinancing affordable housing authorized under this chapter.
45.13 	(g) "Internal Revenue Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
45.14 	(h) "Senior" means a person 55 years of age or older with an annual income not greater 
45.15 	than 50 percent of:
45.16 	(1) the metropolitan area median income for persons in the metropolitan area; or
45.17 	(2) the statewide median income for persons outside the metropolitan area.
45.18 	(i) "Senior housing" means housing intended and operated for occupancy by at least one 
45.19 	senior per unit with at least 80 percent of the units occupied by at least one senior per unit, 
45.20 	and for which there is publication of, and adherence to, policies and procedures that 
45.21 	demonstrate an intent by the owner or manager to provide housing for seniors. Senior 
45.22 	housing may be developed in conjunction with and as a distinct portion of mixed-income 
45.23 	senior housing developments that use a variety of public or private financing sources.
45.24 	(h) (j) "Supportive housing" means housing that is not time-limited and provides or 
45.25 	coordinates with linkages to services necessary for residents to maintain housing stability 
45.26 	and maximize opportunities for education and employment.

45.27 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment for 
45.28 	bonds authorized in 2018 and thereafter.

45.29 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 462A.37, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
45.30 		Subd. 2.Authorization. (a) The agency may issue up to $30,000,000 in aggregate 
45.31 	principal amount of housing infrastructure bonds in one or more series to which the payment 
45.32 	made under this section may be pledged. The housing infrastructure bonds authorized in 
46.1 	this subdivision may be issued to fund loans, or for the purposes of clause (6), grants or 
46.2 	loans, on terms and conditions the agency deems appropriate, made for one or more of the 
46.3 	following purposes:
46.4 	(1) to finance the costs of the construction, acquisition, and rehabilitation of supportive 
46.5 	housing for individuals and families who are without a permanent residence;
46.6 	(2) to finance the costs of the acquisition and rehabilitation of foreclosed or abandoned 
46.7 	housing to be used for affordable rental housing and the costs of new construction of rental 
46.8 	housing on abandoned or foreclosed property where the existing structures will be demolished 
46.9 	or removed;
46.10 	(3) to finance that portion of the costs of acquisition of property that is attributable to 
46.11 	the land to be leased by community land trusts to low- and moderate-income homebuyers; 
46.12 	and
46.13 	(4) to finance the costs of acquisition and rehabilitation of federally assisted rental 
46.14 	housing and for the refinancing of costs of the construction, acquisition, and rehabilitation 
46.15 	of federally assisted rental housing, including providing funds to refund, in whole or in part, 
46.16 	outstanding bonds previously issued by the agency or another government unit to finance 
46.17 	or refinance such costs.;
46.18 	(5) to finance the costs of acquisition, rehabilitation, adaptive reuse, or new construction 
46.19 	of senior housing; and
46.20 	(6) to finance improvements in manufactured home parks owned by entities eligible 
46.21 	under section 462A.2035, subdivision 1, including adding or improving infrastructure, storm 
46.22 	shelters, and community facilities.
46.23 	(b) Among comparable proposals for permanent supportive housing, preference shall 
46.24 	be given to permanent supportive housing for veterans and other individuals or families 
46.25 	who:
46.26 	(1) either have been without a permanent residence for at least 12 months or at least four 
46.27 	times in the last three years; or
46.28 	(2) are at significant risk of lacking a permanent residence for 12 months or at least four 
46.29 	times in the last three years.
46.30 	(c) Among comparable proposals for senior housing, the agency must give priority to 
46.31 	requests for projects that:
47.1 	(1) demonstrate a commitment to maintaining the housing financed as affordable to 
47.2 	seniors;
47.3 	(2) leverage other sources of funding to finance the project, including the use of 
47.4 	low-income housing tax credits;
47.5 	(3) provide access to services to residents and demonstrate the ability to increase physical 
47.6 	supports and support services as residents age and experience increasing levels of disability;
47.7 	(4) provide a service plan containing the elements of clause (3) reviewed by the housing 
47.8 	authority, economic development authority, public housing authority, or community 
47.9 	development agency that has an area of operation for the jurisdiction in which the project 
47.10 	is located; and
47.11 	(5) include households with incomes that do not exceed 30 percent of the median 
47.12 	household income for the metropolitan area.
47.13 	To the extent practicable, the agency shall balance the loans made between projects in the 
47.14 	metropolitan area and projects outside the metropolitan area. Of the loans made to projects 
47.15 	outside the metropolitan area, the agency shall, to the extent practicable, balance the loans 
47.16 	made between projects in counties or cities with a population of 20,000 or less, as established 
47.17 	by the most recent decennial census, and projects in counties or cities with populations in 
47.18 	excess of 20,000.

47.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment for 
47.20 	bonds authorized in 2018 and thereafter.

47.21 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 462A.37, is amended by adding a subdivision 
47.22 	to read:
47.23 		Subd. 2d.Additional authorization. In addition to the amount authorized in subdivisions 
47.24 	2, 2a, 2b, and 2c, the agency may issue up to $50,000,000 in housing infrastructure bonds 
47.25 	in one or more series to which the payments under this section may be pledged.

47.26 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 462A.37, subdivision 5, is amended 
47.27 	to read:
47.28 		Subd. 5.Additional appropriation. (a) The agency must certify annually to the 
47.29 	commissioner of management and budget the actual amount of annual debt service on each 
47.30 	series of bonds issued under subdivisions 2a, 2b, and 2c, and 2d.
48.1 	(b) Each July 15, beginning in 2015 and through 2037, if any housing infrastructure 
48.2 	bonds issued under subdivision 2a remain outstanding, the commissioner of management 
48.3 	and budget must transfer to the housing infrastructure bond account established under section 
48.4 	462A.21, subdivision 33, the amount certified under paragraph (a), not to exceed $6,400,000 
48.5 	annually. The amounts necessary to make the transfers are appropriated from the general 
48.6 	fund to the commissioner of management and budget.
48.7 	(c) Each July 15, beginning in 2017 and through 2038, if any housing infrastructure 
48.8 	bonds issued under subdivision 2b remain outstanding, the commissioner of management 
48.9 	and budget must transfer to the housing infrastructure bond account established under section 
48.10 	462A.21, subdivision 33, the amount certified under paragraph (a), not to exceed $800,000 
48.11 	annually. The amounts necessary to make the transfers are appropriated from the general 
48.12 	fund to the commissioner of management and budget.
48.13 	(d) Each July 15, beginning in 2018 and through 2039, if any housing infrastructure 
48.14 	bonds issued under subdivision 2c remain outstanding, the commissioner of management 
48.15 	and budget must transfer to the housing infrastructure bond account established under section 
48.16 	462A.21, subdivision 33, the amount certified under paragraph (a), not to exceed $2,800,000 
48.17 	annually. The amounts necessary to make the transfers are appropriated from the general 
48.18 	fund to the commissioner of management and budget.
48.19 	(e) Each July 15, beginning in 2020 and through 2041, if any housing infrastructure 
48.20 	bonds issued under subdivision 2d remain outstanding, the commissioner of management 
48.21 	and budget must transfer to the housing infrastructure bond account established under section 
48.22 	462A.21, subdivision 33, the amount certified under paragraph (a), not to exceed $2,000,000 
48.23 	in fiscal year 2021 and $4,000,000 annually each year thereafter. The amounts necessary 
48.24 	to make the transfers are appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of 
48.25 	management and budget.
48.26 	(f) The agency may pledge to the payment of the housing infrastructure bonds the 
48.27 	payments to be made by the state under this section.

48.28 	Sec. 14. Laws 2009, chapter 93, article 1, section 14, subdivision 3, as amended by Laws 
48.29 	2011, First Special Session chapter 12, section 37, is amended to read:

48.30	Subd. 3.Veterans Cemeteries
 				1,500,000
	
48.31 	Of this amount, up to $500,000 is to acquire 
48.32 	land located in southeastern, southwestern, 
48.33 	and northeastern Minnesota for publicly 
49.1 	owned veterans cemeteries, to be operated by 
49.2 	the commissioner of veterans affairs. The 
49.3 	commissioner also must seek donations of 
49.4 	land for the cemeteries. The balance of the 
49.5 	appropriation is to predesign and design the 
49.6 	cemeteries. Federal reimbursement of design 
49.7 	costs for each cemetery must be deposited in 
49.8 	the state treasury and credited to a special 
49.9 	account and is appropriated to the 
49.10 	commissioner of veterans affairs to design the 
49.11 	remaining cemeteries. Following completion 
49.12 	of all design of the legislatively authorized 
49.13 	Minnesota state veterans cemeteries in 
49.14 	Redwood, St. Louis, and Fillmore Counties, 
49.15 	final federal reimbursement of predesign and 
49.16 	design costs is appropriated to the 
49.17 	commissioner for asset preservation of 
49.18 	veterans homes statewide, to be spent in 
49.19 	accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 
49.20 	16B.307. Federal reimbursement may be 
49.21 	sought for each cemetery and must be spent 
49.22 	to acquire land for, to predesign and design 
49.23 	additional cemeteries, or for asset preservation 
49.24 	as provided in this subdivision. 
49.25 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
49.26 	16A.642, the bond sale authorization and 
49.27 	appropriation of bond proceeds for this project 
49.28 	are available until December 31, 2022.

49.29 	Sec. 15. Laws 2014, chapter 294, article 1, section 5, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

49.30	Subd. 3.New Residence Hall
 				10,654,000
	
49.31 	To complete the design of and perform 
49.32 	asbestos and hazardous materials abatement 
49.33 	and demolition of Frechette Hall and to design, 
49.34 	construct, furnish, and equip a new boys'
49.35 	dormitory on the Minnesota State Academy 
50.1 	for the Deaf campus. The unspent portion of 
50.2 	this appropriation after the project has been 
50.3 	substantially completed, upon written notice 
50.4 	to the commissioner of management and 
50.5 	budget, is available for asset preservation 
50.6 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307. 
50.7 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, applies 
50.8 	from the date of the original appropriation to 
50.9 	the unspent amount transferred.

50.10 	Sec. 16. Laws 2014, chapter 294, article 1, section 21, subdivision 12, as amended by 
50.11 	Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 5, article 3, section 19, and Laws 2017, First 
50.12 	Special Session chapter 8, article 2, section 30, is amended to read:

50.13
50.14	Subd. 12.Minneapolis - Brian Coyle Community 
Center
 				330,000
	
50.15 	(a) For a grant to the Minneapolis Park and 
50.16 	Recreation Board to predesign and design the 
50.17 	renovation and expansion of the Brian Coyle 
50.18 	Community Center, subject to Minnesota 
50.19 	Statutes, section 16A.695. This appropriation 
50.20 	does not require a local match.
50.21 	(b) The Minneapolis Park and Recreation 
50.22 	Board, the Pillsbury United Communities, 
50.23 	Hennepin County, institutions of higher 
50.24 	education, and neighborhood organizations 
50.25 	shall develop an agreement for the use of the 
50.26 	existing Brian Coyle Community Center. The 
50.27 	lease between the Minneapolis Park and 
50.28 	Recreation Board and Pillsbury United 
50.29 	Communities shall be reformed prior to the 
50.30 	expenditure of any funds for predesign and 
50.31 	design.
50.32 	(c) The appropriation under this subdivision 
50.33 	may also be used toward the renovation and 
51.1 	expansion of the Brian Coyle Community 
51.2 	Center.
51.3 	(d) Notwithstanding any limitation in 
51.4 	paragraphs (a) to (c), the appropriation under 
51.5 	this subdivision may be used by the 
51.6 	Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board for 
51.7 	capital costs of any recreation project or 
51.8 	facility in the Cedar Riverside neighborhood.
51.9 	(e) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
51.10 	section 16A.642, the bond sale authorization 
51.11 	and appropriation of bond proceeds for the 
51.12 	project in this subdivision are available until 
51.13 	June 30, 2020.

51.14 	Sec. 17. Laws 2014, chapter 294, article 1, section 22, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

51.15
51.16	Subd. 5.City of Rice Lake Township - Water 
Main Replacement
 				1,168,000
	
51.17 	For a grant to the city of Rice Lake Township 
51.18 	in St. Louis County to design and construct a 
51.19 	replacement water main and related public 
51.20 	infrastructure on East Calvary Road and 
51.21 	Kolstad, Austin, Milwaukee, Mather, and 
51.22 	Chicago Avenues in the city of Rice Lake 
51.23 	Township. This appropriation is not available 
51.24 	until the commissioner of management and 
51.25 	budget determines that at least an equal 
51.26 	amount is committed to the project from 
51.27 	nonstate sources. This appropriation is 
51.28 	available until June 30, 2020.

51.29 	Sec. 18. Laws 2014, chapter 295, section 9, is amended to read:

51.30	Sec. 9. CORRECTIONS
 			$
	18,000,000
	
51.31 	To the commissioner of administration to 
51.32 	design, construct, furnish, and equip phase 
51.33 	one of a new health services unit, a new 
52.1 	service corridor and security station leading 
52.2 	to the unit, and a mechanical building to serve 
52.3 	the new health unit and associated utility 
52.4 	infrastructure systems and site work; and to 
52.5 	design phase two consisting of new intake, 
52.6 	warehouse, and loading dock buildings 
52.7 	associated utility infrastructure systems and 
52.8 	sitework and all associated repurposing, 
52.9 	including asbestos and hazardous materials 
52.10 	abatement of interior spaces that were formally 
52.11 	used for the occupancies being moved to the 
52.12 	new phase one and two buildings at the 
52.13 	Minnesota Correctional Facility in St. Cloud.
52.14 	Any unspent portion of this appropriation not 
52.15 	needed to complete this work, upon written 
52.16 	notice to the commissioner of management 
52.17 	and budget, may be used for the purposes 
52.18 	described in Laws 2017, First Special Session 
52.19 	chapter 8, article 1, section 19, subdivision 3, 
52.20 	as amended in section 27, and notwithstanding 
52.21 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, is 
52.22 	available until December 31, 2020.

52.23 	Sec. 19. Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 10, subdivision 3, 
52.24 	as amended by Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 8, article 2, section 31, is amended 
52.25 	to read:

52.26	Subd. 3.Local Road Improvement Fund Grants
 				8,910,000
	
52.27 	(a) From the bond proceeds account in the 
52.28 	state transportation fund as provided in 
52.29 	Minnesota Statutes, section 174.50, for 
52.30 	construction and reconstruction of local roads 
52.31 	with statewide or regional significance under 
52.32 	Minnesota Statutes, section 174.52, 
52.33 	subdivision 4, or for grants to counties to assist 
52.34 	in paying the costs of rural road safety capital 
52.35 	improvement projects on county state-aid 
53.1 	highways under Minnesota Statutes, section 
53.2 	174.52, subdivision 4a.
53.3 	(b) This appropriation includes $850,000 for 
53.4 	a grant to the city of Sandstone for predesign, 
53.5 	design, engineering, and construction of a road 
53.6 	extending south off of marked Trunk Highway 
53.7 	23 across from Lundorff Drive to the airport 
53.8 	area, and including a bridge over Skunk Creek 
53.9 	in Sandstone, in order to facilitate repurposing 
53.10 	of an area of the airport into a business park. 
53.11 	This appropriation is not available until the 
53.12 	commissioner of management and budget 
53.13 	determines that sufficient resources to 
53.14 	complete the project are committed to it from 
53.15 	other sources, including any funds made 
53.16 	available from the commissioner of 
53.17 	transportation.
53.18 	(c) This appropriation includes $3,770,000 for 
53.19 	a grant to Kandiyohi County for predesign, 
53.20 	design, right-of-way acquisition, engineering, 
53.21 	construction, and reconstruction of local roads 
53.22 	in conjunction with the Willmar Wye project 
53.23 	as well as to re-establish reestablish the local 
53.24 	road network on the southwest side of 
53.25 	Willmar.

53.26 	Sec. 20. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 8, article 1, section 6, subdivision 6, is 
53.27 	amended to read:

53.28
53.29	Subd. 6.State Trail, Recreation Area, and Park 
Acquisition and Development
 				18,698,000
18,048,000
	
53.30 	(a) $2,590,000 is for the Glacial Lakes Trail, 
53.31 	to complete an approximately 6-1/4 mile trail 
53.32 	connection between New London and Sibley 
53.33 	State Park, and repair of the bicycle trail in 
53.34 	Sibley State Park.
54.1 	(b) $3,300,000 is to design, develop, and 
54.2 	complete the Heartland State Trail from 
54.3 	Detroit Lakes to Frazee and, to the extent there 
54.4 	is sufficient money, for work on the spur from 
54.5 	Park Rapids to Itasca State Park.
54.6 	(c) $3,600,000 is for acquisition and 
54.7 	development in the Cuyuna Country State 
54.8 	Recreation Area, including the Cuyuna 
54.9 	Mountain Bike System.
54.10 	(d) $1,600,000 is to construct, furnish, and 
54.11 	equip a multiuse state trail connection between 
54.12 	the city of Little Falls and the Soo Line Trails 
54.13 	as part of the Camp Ripley/Veterans State 
54.14 	Trail in Morrison County. The trail connection 
54.15 	may include separated segments to 
54.16 	accommodate recreational vehicles separately 
54.17 	from nonmotorized vehicles and pedestrians.
54.18 	(e) $3,500,000 is for continued development 
54.19 	of Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine 
54.20 	State Park recreational facilities.
54.21 	(f) $328,000 is for design and acquisition of 
54.22 	the Mill Towns State Trail from Faribault to 
54.23 	Northfield.
54.24 	(g) $3,130,000 is for acquisition and 
54.25 	development of the Gitchi-Gami State Trail, 
54.26 	from Grand Marais to Cascade State Park, and 
54.27 	through the town of Tofte.
54.28 	(h) The commissioner may allocate money 
54.29 	not needed to complete a project listed in this 
54.30 	subdivision to another project listed in this 
54.31 	subdivision that needs additional money to be 
54.32 	completed. For any project listed in this 
54.33 	subdivision that the commissioner determines 
54.34 	is not ready to proceed, the commissioner may 
55.1 	reallocate that project's money to another 
55.2 	project described in this subdivision or other 
55.3 	state trail, recreation area, or park 
55.4 	infrastructure. The chairs of the house of 
55.5 	representatives and senate committees with 
55.6 	jurisdiction over environment and natural 
55.7 	resources and legislators from the affected 
55.8 	legislative districts must be notified of any 
55.9 	changes.

55.10 	Sec. 21. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 8, article 1, section 15, subdivision 3, 
55.11 	is amended to read:

55.12	Subd. 3.Local Road Improvement Fund Grants
 				115,932,000
	
55.13 	(a) From the bond proceeds account in the 
55.14 	state transportation fund as provided in 
55.15 	Minnesota Statutes, section 174.50, for trunk 
55.16 	highway corridor projects under Minnesota 
55.17 	Statutes, section 174.52, subdivision 2, for 
55.18 	construction and reconstruction of local roads 
55.19 	with statewide or regional significance under 
55.20 	Minnesota Statutes, section 174.52, 
55.21 	subdivision 4, or for grants to counties to assist 
55.22 	in paying the costs of rural road safety capital 
55.23 	improvement projects on county state-aid 
55.24 	highways under Minnesota Statutes, section 
55.25 	174.52, subdivision 4a.
55.26 	(b) Of this amount, $9,000,000 is for a grant 
55.27 	to Anoka County to realign and make 
55.28 	associated improvements todesign, acquire 
55.29 	land for, engineer, and construct improvements 
55.30 	to, including the realignment of County 
55.31 	State-Aid Highway 23 (Lake Drive), County 
55.32 	State-Aid Highway 54 (West Freeway Drive), 
55.33 	and to Hornsby Street in the city of Columbus
55.34 	to support the overall interchange project.
56.1 	(c) Of this amount, $3,246,000 is for a grant 
56.2 	to the city of Blaine to predesign, design, and 
56.3 	reconstruct 105th Avenue in the vicinity of 
56.4 	the National Sports Center in Blaine. The 
56.5 	reconstruction will include changing the street 
56.6 	from five lanes to four lanes with median, turn 
56.7 	lanes, sidewalk, trail, landscaping, lighting, 
56.8 	and consolidation of access driveways. This 
56.9 	appropriation is not available until the 
56.10 	commissioner of management and budget 
56.11 	determines that at least $3,000,000 is 
56.12 	committed to the project from sources 
56.13 	available to the city, including municipal state 
56.14 	aid and county turnback funds.
56.15 	(d) Of this amount, $25,000,000 is for a grant 
56.16 	to Hennepin County, the city of Minneapolis, 
56.17 	or both, for design, right-of-way acquisition, 
56.18 	engineering, and construction of public 
56.19 	improvements related to the Interstate 
56.20 	Highway 35W and Lake Street access project 
56.21 	and related improvements within the Interstate 
56.22 	Highway 35W corridor, notwithstanding any 
56.23 	provision of Minnesota Statutes, section 
56.24 	174.52, or rule to the contrary. This 
56.25 	appropriation is not available until the 
56.26 	commissioner of management and budget 
56.27 	determines that an amount sufficient to 
56.28 	complete this portion of the Interstate 
56.29 	Highway 35W and Lake Street access project 
56.30 	has been committed to this portion of the 
56.31 	project.
56.32 	(e) Of this amount, $10,500,000 is for a grant 
56.33 	to Carver County for environmental analysis 
56.34 	and to acquire right-of-way access, predesign, 
56.35 	design, engineer, and construct an interchange 
57.1 	at marked Trunk Highway 212 and Carver 
57.2 	County Road 44 in the city of Chaska, 
57.3 	including a new bridge and ramps, to support 
57.4 	the development of approximately 400 acres 
57.5 	of property in the city of Chaska's 
57.6 	comprehensive plan.
57.7 	(f) Of this amount, $700,000 is for a grant to 
57.8 	Redwood County for improvements to Nobles 
57.9 	Avenue, including paving, as the main access 
57.10 	road to a new State Veterans Cemetery to be 
57.11 	located in Paxton Township.
57.12 	(g) Of this amount, $1,000,000 is for a grant 
57.13 	to the town of Appleton in Swift County for 
57.14 	upgrades to an existing township road to 
57.15 	provide for a paved, ten-ton capacity township 
57.16 	road extending between marked Trunk 
57.17 	Highways 7 and 119.
57.18 	(h) Of this amount, $20,500,000 is for a grant 
57.19 	to Ramsey County for preliminary and final 
57.20 	design, right-of-way acquisition, engineering, 
57.21 	contract administration, and construction of 
57.22 	public improvements related to the 
57.23 	construction of the interchange of marked 
57.24 	Interstate Highway 694 and Rice Street, 
57.25 	Ramsey County State-Aid Highway 49, in 
57.26 	Ramsey County.
57.27 	(i) Of this amount, $11,300,000 is for a grant 
57.28 	to Hennepin County for preliminary and final 
57.29 	design, engineering, environmental analysis, 
57.30 	right-of-way acquisition, construction, and 
57.31 	reconstruction of local roads related to the (1) 
57.32 	realignment at the intersections of marked U.S. 
57.33 	Highway 12 with Hennepin County State-Aid 
57.34 	Highway 92; (2) realignment and safety 
57.35 	improvements at the intersection of marked 
58.1 	U.S. Highway 12 with Hennepin County 
58.2 	State-Aid Highway 90; and (3) safety median 
58.3 	improvements from the interchange with 
58.4 	Wayzata Boulevard in Wayzata to 
58.5 	approximately one-half mile east of the 
58.6 	interchange of marked U.S. Highway 12 with 
58.7 	Hennepin County State-Aid Highway 6.
58.8 	(j) Of this amount, $1,000,000 is for a grant 
58.9 	to the city of Inver Grove Heights for 
58.10 	preliminary design, design, engineering, and 
58.11 	reconstruction of Broderick Boulevard 
58.12 	between 80th Street and Concord Boulevard 
58.13 	abutting Trunk Highway 52 and Inver Hills 
58.14 	Community College in Inver Grove Heights. 
58.15 	The project includes replacement or renovation 
58.16 	of public infrastructure, including water lines, 
58.17 	sanitary sewers, storm water sewers, and other 
58.18 	public utilities. This appropriation does not 
58.19 	require a nonstate contribution.
58.20 	(k) Of this amount, $2,350,000 is for a grant 
58.21 	to McLeod County to acquire land or interests 
58.22 	in land and to design and construct a new 
58.23 	urban street extension of County State-Aid 
58.24 	Highway (CSAH) 15, including railroad 
58.25 	crossing, storm water, and drainage 
58.26 	improvements.
58.27 	(l) Of this amount, $6,000,000 is for a grant 
58.28 	to the city of Baxter for 50 percent of total 
58.29 	project cost for the acquisition of land or 
58.30 	interests in land, environmental analysis and 
58.31 	environmental cleanup, predesign, design, 
58.32 	engineering, and construction of improvements 
58.33 	to Cypress Drive, including expansion to a 
58.34 	four-lane divided urban roadway, between 
58.35 	Excelsior Road and College Road.

59.1 	Sec. 22. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 8, article 1, section 15, subdivision 6, 
59.2 	is amended to read:

59.3	Subd. 6.Rail Service Improvement
 				1,000,000
	
59.4 	For freight rail service improvement economic 
59.5 	development grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
59.6 	section 222.50 222.505.

59.7 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day after the freight rail economic 
59.8 	development program under Minnesota Statutes, section 222.505, if enacted, is effective.

59.9 	Sec. 23. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 8, article 1, section 15, subdivision 11, 
59.10 	is amended to read:

59.11	Subd. 11.Grand Rapids - Pedestrian Bridge
 				750,000
	
59.12 	For a grant to the city of Grand Rapids to 
59.13 	design the construction of and construct a 
59.14 	bridge over the Mississippi River for 
59.15 	pedestrian and bicycle use to provide a safe 
59.16 	alternative route to the existing marked Trunk 
59.17 	Highway 169 vehicle bridge, and to serve as 
59.18 	a connection to existing trail systems on each 
59.19 	side of the river. This appropriation is not 
59.20 	available until the commissioner determines 
59.21 	that at least an equal amount has been 
59.22 	committed to the project from nonstate 
59.23 	sources.

59.24 	Sec. 24. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 8, article 1, section 15, subdivision 13, 
59.25 	is amended to read:

59.26	Subd. 13.Eden Prairie - Rail Grade Crossings
 				1,400,000
	
59.27 	For a grant to the city of Eden Prairie to (1) 
59.28 	design, construct, and equip new passive and 
59.29 	active rail grade crossing warning safety 
59.30 	devices, including associated road and 
59.31 	pathway improvements, at existing and 
59.32 	proposed highway-rail grade crossings, and 
59.33 	pathway-rail grade crossings; or (2) replace 
60.1 	existing highway-rail grade crossings. Upon 
60.2 	request by the city of Eden Prairie, the 
60.3 	commissioner of transportation must provide 
60.4 	reasonable technical assistance regarding 
60.5 	highway-rail grade crossing project 
60.6 	development and the establishment of rail 
60.7 	quiet zones.

60.8 	Sec. 25. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 8, article 1, section 16, subdivision 7, 
60.9 	is amended to read:

60.10	Subd. 7.White Bear Lake Multiuse Trails
 				255,000
	
60.11 	To develop a multiuse pedestrian and bicycle 
60.12 	path around White Bear Lake. Of this amount, 
60.13 	$130,000 $141,000 is for a grant to the city of 
60.14 	White Bear Lake to construct, furnish, and 
60.15 	equip a multiuse trail for pedestrians and 
60.16 	bicycles on Old White Bear Avenue between 
60.17 	Lion's Park and South Shore Boulevard/Hazel
60.18 	and for engineering for a multiuse trail for 
60.19 	pedestrians and bicycles in proximity to 
60.20 	Highway 96 from Pacific Avenue to the 
60.21 	western border of the town of White Bear; 
60.22 	$11,000 is for a grant to the town of White 
60.23 	Bear for engineering for a multiuse trail for 
60.24 	pedestrians and bicycles in proximity to 
60.25 	Highway 96 in the town of White Bear; 
60.26 	$38,000 is for grants to the cities of 
60.27 	Mahtomedi and Dellwood for preliminary 
60.28 	engineering of a multiuse trail for pedestrians 
60.29 	and bicycles near White Bear Lake in the cities 
60.30 	of Mahtomedi and Dellwood to be located 
60.31 	within the right-of-way to marked Trunk 
60.32 	Highway 244; $15,000 is for a grant to the 
60.33 	city of Mahtomedi for preliminary engineering 
60.34 	for a multiuse trail for pedestrians and bicycles 
60.35 	near White Bear Lake within the right-of-way 
61.1 	to Birchwood Road in the city of Mahtomedi 
61.2 	and Hall Avenue in the city of Birchwood; 
61.3 	and $50,000 is for a grant to Ramsey County 
61.4 	for preliminary engineering of a multiuse trail 
61.5 	for pedestrians and bicycles to South Shore 
61.6 	Boulevard between White Bear Avenue and 
61.7 	Trunk Highway 120.

61.8 	Sec. 26. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 8, article 1, section 17, subdivision 9, 
61.9 	is amended to read:

61.10	Subd. 9.Minneapolis - The Family Partnership
 				1,600,000
	
61.11 	From the general fund to the commissioner of 
61.12 	human services for a grant to the Family 
61.13 	Partnership in Minneapolis to predesign and 
61.14 	design a facility to provide mental health, early 
61.15 	childhood education, and other services to 
61.16 	support children and families. This 
61.17 	appropriation is not available until at least an 
61.18 	equal amount of money is committed from 
61.19 	nonstate sources. A nonstate contribution is 
61.20 	not required. Any unspent portion of this 
61.21 	appropriation remaining after predesign and 
61.22 	design are completed, upon written notice to 
61.23 	the commissioner of management and budget, 
61.24 	is available for the purposes of article 1, 
61.25 	section 16, subdivision 5.

61.26 	Sec. 27. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 8, article 1, section 19, subdivision 3, 
61.27 	is amended to read:

61.28
61.29	Subd. 3.Minnesota Correctional Facility - St. 
Cloud
 				19,000,000
	
61.30 	To construct and equip a new intake unit and 
61.31 	a loading dock with a secure connection to a 
61.32 	new central warehouse at the St. Cloud 
61.33 	correctional facility. To design and complete 
61.34 	hazardous materials abatement, site 
62.1 	improvements, and utility infrastructure work, 
62.2 	to rent and set up temporary laundry facilities, 
62.3 	and to renovate, construct, furnish, and equip 
62.4 	the second phase of the two-phase project 
62.5 	including building additions, infill of an 
62.6 	interior courtyard, and renovation of existing 
62.7 	areas to provide improved laundry, property, 
62.8 	intake, vehicle sally port, storage, and loading 
62.9 	dock areas and security at the St. Cloud 
62.10 	correctional facility.
62.11 	The unspent amount of this appropriation after 
62.12 	the projects described in this subdivision are 
62.13 	completed may, upon written notice to the 
62.14 	commissioner of management and budget, be 
62.15 	used for asset preservation under Minnesota 
62.16 	Statutes, section 16B.307, at Minnesota 
62.17 	Correctional Facility – St. Cloud.

62.18 	Sec. 28. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 8, article 1, section 20, subdivision 21, 
62.19 	is amended to read:

62.20
62.21	Subd. 21.St. Paul - Minnesota Museum of 
American Art
 				6,000,000
	
62.22 	For a grant to the St. Paul Port Authority to 
62.23 	acquire, design, construct, furnish, and equip 
62.24 	new museum galleries and an art study facility 
62.25 	for the Minnesota Museum of American Art. 
62.26 	This facility provides space to celebrate the 
62.27 	legacy of Minnesota art and artists and is part 
62.28 	of the restoration of the historic Pioneer 
62.29 	Endicott Building, and a part of a multiphase 
62.30 	project, of which only the museum galleries 
62.31 	and art study facility constructed with this 
62.32 	appropriation shall be state bond financed 
62.33 	property subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
62.34 	16A.695. This appropriation is not available 
63.1 	until the commissioner of management and 
63.2 	budget has determined that:
63.3 	(1) at least an amount equal to this 
63.4 	appropriation has been committed or 
63.5 	previously expended for design, construction, 
63.6 	and furnishing of the adjacent Minnesota 
63.7 	Museum of American Art Center for 
63.8 	Creativity facilities, which are not subject to 
63.9 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695, with 
63.10 	funds from nonstate sources; and
63.11 	(2) sufficient other state and nonstate funds 
63.12 	are available, if funds beyond this 
63.13 	appropriation are required, to complete the 
63.14 	museum galleries and art study facility.
63.15 	Funds invested in the Minnesota Museum of 
63.16 	American Art Center for Creativity facilities 
63.17 	by an investor receiving an assignment of state 
63.18 	historic tax credits as provided in Minnesota 
63.19 	Statutes, section 290.0681, are nonstate funds 
63.20 	for purposes of this requirement. Only 
63.21 	expenditures made after January 1, 2012, shall 
63.22 	qualify for the required match. Due to the 
63.23 	integrated nature of the overall development, 
63.24 	public bidding shall not be required.

63.25 	Sec. 29. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 8, article 1, section 21, subdivision 8, 
63.26 	is amended to read:

63.27
63.28	Subd. 8.Dennison - Sewage Treatment System 
Improvements
 				726,000
	
63.29 	For a grant to the city of Dennison to 
63.30 	predesign, design, and construct a new lift 
63.31 	station and make sewage pond improvements, 
63.32 	including any civil, structural, plumbing, or 
63.33 	electrical work needed on site. This 
64.1 	appropriation does not require a nonstate 
64.2 	contribution.

64.3 	Sec. 30. Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 8, article 1, section 23, subdivision 3, 
64.4 	is amended to read:

64.5	Subd. 3.Historic Fort Snelling
 				4,000,000
	
64.6 	To design facilities to support visitor services 
64.7 	and history programs at Historic Fort Snelling.
64.8 	Upon completion of design, the unspent 
64.9 	portion of this appropriation is available for 
64.10 	the next phase of the project, to demolish the 
64.11 	existing visitor center, and to renovate, 
64.12 	construct, furnish, and equip a new visitor 
64.13 	center at Historic Fort Snelling.

64.14 	Sec. 31. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS FACILITIES GRANTS.
 64.15 		Subdivision 1.Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of human 
64.16 	services.
64.17 		Subd. 2.Eligible applicant. "Eligible applicant" or "applicant" means a statutory or 
64.18 	home rule charter city, county, housing and redevelopment authority, publicly owned 
64.19 	hospital, or other public entity otherwise eligible to receive state general obligation bond 
64.20 	proceeds that is designated to apply for a behavioral health crisis program facilities grant 
64.21 	by the local mental health authority, established under Minnesota Statutes, section 245.466, 
64.22 	or on behalf of a regional consortium of organizations that serve individuals with mental 
64.23 	illness or a substance use disorder.
64.24 		Subd. 3.Eligible project. "Eligible project" or "project" means the acquisition or 
64.25 	betterment of public land, buildings, and other public improvements of a capital nature 
64.26 	within the meaning of the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 5, clause (a). It includes 
64.27 	acquisition of land or interest in land, predesign, design, renovation, construction, furnishing, 
64.28 	and equipping facilities in which to provide behavioral health crisis programs and services.
64.29 		Subd. 4.Project criteria. For purposes of this section, "behavioral health crisis facilities" 
64.30 	or "facility" means a facility whose purpose is to provide mental health or substance use 
64.31 	disorder services. Proceeds may be up to 100 percent of project costs, up to $5,000,000 per 
64.32 	project. Priority must be given to proposals that:
65.1 	(1) demonstrate a need for the program in the region;
65.2 	(2) provide a detailed service plan, including the services that will be provided and to 
65.3 	whom, and staffing requirements;
65.4 	(3) provide an estimated cost of operating the program;
65.5 	(4) verify financial sustainability by detailing sufficient funding sources and the capacity 
65.6 	to obtain third-party payments for services provided, including private insurance and federal 
65.7 	Medicaid and Medicare financial participation;
65.8 	(5) demonstrate an ability and willingness to build on existing resources in the 
65.9 	community; and
65.10 	(6) agree to a comprehensive evaluation of services and financial viability by the 
65.11 	commissioner.
65.12 		Subd. 5.Report. The commissioner shall report to the legislative committees with 
65.13 	jurisdiction over mental health issues and capital investment. The report is due by February 
65.14 	15 of each odd-numbered year and must include information on the projects funded and the 
65.15 	programs and services provided in those facilities.

65.16 	Sec. 32. APPROPRIATION; ANALYZING COSTS AND RATEPAYER IMPACTS 
65.17 	OF WATER QUALITY REGULATIONS.
 65.18 	(a) $500,000 in fiscal year 2020 and $500,000 in fiscal year 2021 are appropriated from 
65.19 	the general fund to the commissioner of administration for a grant to any Minnesota higher 
65.20 	education institution or municipal joint powers organization under Minnesota Statutes, 
65.21 	section 471.59, established prior to January 1, 2018, to review water quality regulations and 
65.22 	national pollutant discharge elimination system permits. The municipal joint powers 
65.23 	organization must be composed of at least 20 cities or sanitary districts located outside the 
65.24 	seven-county metropolitan area as defined under Minnesota Statutes, section 473.121, 
65.25 	subdivision 2, and must have experience in reviewing water quality regulations and permits. 
65.26 	The grant is subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.98. The grantee may select the water 
65.27 	quality regulations and permits to be reviewed, but must give preference to reviewing any 
65.28 	draft NPDES permit that has new effluent limit requirements for a publicly owned wastewater 
65.29 	treatment facility outside the seven-county metropolitan area. Any permit review must 
65.30 	analyze the technical accuracy of the permit, the costs to the permittee to comply with the 
65.31 	permit, the impact on business and residential rates, the water quality benefit of permit 
65.32 	compliance, and the anticipated funding for the permittee from federal and state sources. 
65.33 	This appropriation is available until expended.
66.1 	(b) Upon completion of the permit review, the grantee must provide a copy of the review 
66.2 	to the permittee and the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency. The grantee must 
66.3 	also submit a report summarizing its findings in each permit review performed in the previous 
66.4 	calendar year to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with 
66.5 	jurisdiction over capital investment, environmental finance and policy, and job growth.

66.6 	Sec. 33. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 66.7 	Except as otherwise provided, this article is effective the day following final enactment.