SF 3725

Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

Posted on 02/24/2026 09:31 a.m.

A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; appropriating money for improvements at the
Centennial Office Building and Freeman Building sites to prepare for future
redevelopment; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin CENTENNIAL OFFICE BUILDING SITE REDEVELOPMENT.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Appropriations. new text end

new text begin (a) $12,500,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds
fund to the commissioner of administration for Phase 1 of capital improvements to the
Centennial Office Building site on the Capitol complex. This appropriation includes money
for design, demolition of the Centennial Office Building, and other site preparation work
needed to facilitate redevelopment of the site.
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new text begin (b) $1,500,000 in fiscal year 2027 is appropriated from the general fund to the
commissioner of administration for mechanical, electrical, and life safety modifications in
the Freeman Office Building on the Capitol complex to prepare for the relocation of the
cellular Distributed Antenna System from the Centennial Office Building to the Freeman
Building, and to relocate associated fiber optic infrastructure.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Bond sale. new text end

new text begin To provide the money appropriated in this section from the bond
proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of
the state in an amount up to $12,500,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect
prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota
Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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