Legislative Session number- 83

Bill Name: SF2098

Relating to capital improvementsARTICLE 1 � APPROPRIATIONS AND RELATED
LANGUAGERelating to public administration, authorizing expenditures to +acquire
and improve public land and buildings and other public improvements of a
+capital nature with certain conditions; providing a summary of appropriations+
to certain departments and agencies; appropriating money to the board of+
regents of the university of Minnesota for higher education asset +preservation
and replacement and for renovation of the life science building on the +Duluth
campus and of Kolthoff hall and the education sciences building on +the
Minneapolis campus, to the board of trustees of the Minnesota state +colleges
and universities for HEAPR and for certain improvements at Winona, +Moorhead
and St. Cloud state universities, Century community and technical +college and
St. Cloud and South Central technical colleges, for systemwide +science lab and
workforce training classroom renovations and for obsolete building +demolitions,
to the commissioner of administration for campus asset preservation,+ for Beta
building demolition and for Alpha building renovation at the Perpich +center for
arts education, to the commissioner of education for a grant to +independent
school district #709, Duluth for construction of an addition to the +Grant
magnet school, for a capital loan to independent school district +#38, Red
Lake and for a grant to joint powers district #6067, East metro +integration
district for the acquisition of certain land, to the commissioner of
administration for asset preservation at the state academies for the +deaf and
blind, to the commissioner of natural resources (DNR) for flood +hazard
mitigation grants, for renovation or removal of publicly owned dams, +for
certain reinvest in Minnesota wildlife management projects, for +fisheries
acquisition and improvement and fish hatchery improvements, for water+ access
and fishing piers, for stream protection and restoration, for +reforestation
activities, for metro greenways and natural areas acquisition or +betterment,
for native prairie bank easements, for scientific and natural areas +acquisition
and development, for state trail development, for state forest land acquisition,
for forest road and bridge improvements, for state parks+ and recreation areas,
for the Lake Superior safe harbor, for statewide +asset preservation
improvements, for field office renovations and for +construction of colocated
office facilities, to the pollution control agency (PCA) +for the closed
landfill program, to the office of environmental assistance +(OEA) for solid
waste capital assistance grants, to the board of water and soil+ resources
(BOWSR) for RIM and CREP conservation easements and for wetland +replacement due
to public road projects, to the commissioner of agriculture for rural+ finance
authority (RFA) loan participation and for the agriculture water +management
research partnership, to the Minnesota zoological garden for certain +zoo
facility improvements, to the commissioner of administration for +exterior
repair of the transportation building, for capital asset preservation+ and
replacement (CAPRA), for state agency relocations, for demolition and+ hazardous
material abatement of the Ford building, for capitol area parking +improvements,
for cooperative local facilities grants and for capitol area +architectural and
planning board (CAAPB) capitol building improvements, to the adjutant+ general
for asset preservation and for life safety improvements, to the +commissioner of
transportation (DOT) for continuation of the conversion of certain +equipment
from analog to digital, for local bridge replacement and +rehabilitation, for
construction of a new headquarters facility in Mankato, for local +road
improvements, for certain small capital projects and for the +Northstar commuter
rail line project, to the metropolitan council for the Cedar avenue +bus rapid
transit (BRT) project and for metropolitan regional parks capital +improvements,
to the commissioner of administration for certain human services or +treatment
facility, veterans home and correctional facility improvements and +for
completion of the world war II veterans memorial, to the commissioner+ of
employment and economic development for certain public facilities +authority
state match requirements, for transfer to the Minnesota development +account,
for the wastewater infrastructure funding (WIF) program and for the +university
of Minnesota/Mayo clinic biotechnology research facility, to the +commissioner
of the housing finance agency (HFA) for certain loans and grants, to +the
Minnesota historical society for historic sites asset preservation +and for
preservation projects at the Fort Snelling historic site, to the +commissioner
of DEED for grants to the city of Buffalo Lake for the construction +of a
maintenance garage and for street repairs and to Hennepin county for
construction of the Colin Powell youth leadership center, for a grant+ through
the public facilities authority for the Lewis and Clark rural water +system and
for a grant to the city of Roseau for certain improvements and to the
commissioner of finance for bond sale expenses; specifying certain +bond sale
requirements of the board of regents of the university of Minnesota, +certain
debt service payment requirements of the MnSCU board and certain +match
requirements; reducing a certain prior limit on the transfer of funds+ from the
general fund to the state bond fund; authorizing the sale of state +bonds;
modifying the definition of maximum current cash flow requirement for
certificates of indebtness purposes; renaming the greater Minnesota
redevelopment accounts the Minnesota development accounts for +statewide
application purposes and expanding the definition of development +authority;
modifying the authorized uses of a certain prior appropriation to the
metropolitan council for the northwest busway; exempting the +Minnesota
zoological garden from the requirement to pay debt service costs on +bonds sold
for the marine education center ARTICLE 2 � ADJUSTMENT OF GENERAL OBLIGATION
BOND AUTHORIZATIONSAdjusting and validating the amounts of certain prior general
+obligation bond authorizations (je)