Legislative Session number- 81

Bill Name: SF3811

E Relating to capital improvements; appropriating money and authorizing the
issuance of state bonds to acquire and better public land and buildings and
other public improvements of a capital nature with certain conditions; providing
a summary of appropriations to certain state departments and agencies and
educational institutions; appropriating money to the board of regents of the
university of Minnesota for higher education asset preservation and replacement
(HEAPR), for completion of the molecular and cellular biology building, for
construction of a new art building and for an addition to the law school on the
Minneapolis campus, for construction of a microbial and plant genomics center
and for replacement and renovation of greenhouses on the St. Paul campus, for an
addition to the technology and learning resources centers on the Crookston
campus, for design of a sports center and a music performance laboratory on the
Duluth campus, for renovation of the science building on the Morris campus and
for improvements to certain research and outreach centers, to the board of
trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and universities for asset preservation
and replacement, for certain improvements at the Anoka Hennepin technical
college, the Fond Du Lac tribal and community college, the Hennepin technical
college, Itasca community college, Mankato state university, the metropolitan
state university campuses, Minneapolis community and technical college, Moorhead
state university, Normandale and north Hennepin community colleges, Northland
community and technical college, Northwest technical college, southwest and St.
Cloud state universities, St. Cloud technical college, the university center at
Rochester and Winona state university, for acquisition of land, for certain
small projects at certain colleges and universities and for systemwide
remodeling and technology upgrades, to the commissioner of administration for
certain improvements at the Perpich center for arts education, to the
commissioner of children, families and learning for the metropolitan magnet
school grant program, for expansion of the library for the blind, for youth
enrichment grants, for construction of the Minnesota planetarium, for
multicultural development grants to Watonwan county and to the cities of Pelican
Rapids and Minneapolis, for library facilities grants, for independent school
district 625, St. Paul to complete construction of a new achievement plus
facility, for school building accessibility and school safety capital
improvement grants and for early childhood learning facilities, to the
commissioner of administration for the Minnesota state academies, for asset
preservation and for mold abatement and renovation of the west wing of Noyes
hall and to the commissioner of finance for the energy conservation investment
loan program in the department of public service, to the department of natural
resources (DNR) for asset preservation improvements, for construction of an area
office and service facility in Fergus Falls, Deer River, Littlefork and Effie,
for Americans with disabilities act (ADA) compliance and state park and
recreation area improvements, for construction of the Moose Lake rock, gem and
mineral interpretive center, for development of the Big Bog and Red River state
recreation areas, for metropolitan regional park acquisition and betterment, for
regional trail and trail connection grants and state trail improvements, for
development of public access sites at Gray s bay on Lake Minnetonka and at
McQuade road on Lake Superior and of a harbor of refuge and marina at Two
Harbors, for dam improvements, for flood hazard mitigation grants, for a grant
to the Lewis and Clark joint powers board for construction of a rural water
system in southwestern Minnesota, for construction of ring dikes, for state
forests land acquisition, for fisheries acquisition and reinvest in Minnesota
improvements, for stream protection loans, for scientific and natural areas
acquisition and improvement, for metro greenways and natural areas acquisition
and betterment grants, for the critical habitat private sector matching account
state match, for RIM wildlife habitat improvements, for native prairie bank
easements acquisition and for grants to the metropolitan council to complete
construction of the Como park education resource center, to the raptor center at
the university of Minnesota for proposed expansion design costs and to the St.
Croix valley heritage coalition for creation of a heritage center at Taylors
Falls, to the office of environmental assistance for solid waste capital
assistance grants, to the commissioner of trade and economic development (DTED)
for matching money for federal grants for the public facilities authority water
pollution control and drinking water revolving funds and for administration of
the wastewater infrastructure fund and clean water partnership loan programs, to
the board of water and soil resources (BOWSR) for RIM and PWP conservation
easements, for the Minnesota river basin conservation enhancement program, for
wetlands replacement and restoration, for feedlot cost share grants, for a
shoreland conservation pilot project and for a grant to area II Minnesota river
basin projects for construction of the LQP-25 Lazarus creek floodwater retention
project, to the commissioner of agriculture for rural finance authority
agricultural loans participation, for agriculture best management practices and
agroforestry loans, for a grant to the city of Olivia to establish the Minnesota
center for agricultural innovation and for a Farmamerica accessibility and
security improvements grant, to the Minnesota zoological gardens for heating and
cooling systems and roadways and pathways improvements, to the commissioner of
administration for a capitol complex primary electrical distribution system
upgrade, for capitol security renovation, for health, human services and
agriculture departments new facilities and capitol area and building predesigns,
for capital asset preservation and replacement, for agency relocation and for
grants to noncommercial television stations for conversion to digital broadcast
signals, to the capitol area architectural and planning board (CAAPB) for a
capitol building exterior lighting system, to the amateur sports commission for
mighty ducks ice arena and mighty kicks soccer field development grants, for
predesign of a sports conference center at the national sports center and for
renovation of the Giants Ridge nordic center, to the commissioner of
administration for grants to the city of Austin to restore the historic
paramount atmospheric theatre, to the city of Lanesboro to construct the Root
River center for the arts, to the city of Luverne for improvements to the
Carnegie cultural center, to the city of Minneapolis for the Guthrie and Shubert
theaters, to the city of St. Paul for the children s museum, the Roy Wilkins
auditorium and the university of Minnesota showboat, and to the city of Woodbury
for construction of the center for the arts, to the adjutant general for kitchen
facilities renovation, for upgrade of certain systems at the military museum at
Camp Ripley, to the commissioner of veterans affairs for a grant to women in
military service for America memorial foundation for the women s memorial at
Arlington national cemetery, to the commissioner of administration for human
services facilities and veterans homes improvements, for a grant to Ramsey
county for an addition to the Gillette children s hospital and for construction
of a new bureau of criminal apprehension (BCA) headquarters building, to the
commissioner of public safety for regional public safety training facility
construction grants, to the commissioner of administration for improvements at
certain correctional facilities, the commissioner of trade and economic
development (DTED) for transfer to the redevelopment account, for grants to
Kanabec county for an elevator in the county building in Mora, to Koochiching
county for construction of the cold weather testing center and to the city of
Minneapolis for certain empowerment zone projects, to the commissioner of the
iron range resources and rehabilitation board (IRRRB) for construction of a host
technology center and major motorplex and for upgrade of historical exhibits and
archives at the interpretative center, to the commissioner of the housing
finance agency (HFA) for transitional or supportive housing loans, to the
Minnesota historical society for historic site preservation and repair and for
construction of the St. Anthony Falls heritage center and of permanent exhibits
at the North West company fur post interpretive center and to the commissioner
of finance for bond sale expenses; cancelling certain prior appropriations for
design of the labor interpretive center, for the St. Croix valley heritage
center. for certain support and armory facilities in the city of St. Paul, for
the Brainerd bed expansion project, for the Battle Point historic site and
cultural education center, for the southwest metropolitan integration magnet
school in Edina and for the St. Cloud community events center and for demolition
of the capitol square building and reducing the corresponding bond sale
authorizations; providing for the payment of debt service on state bonds sold to
finance the college and university projects; specifying certain work program and
semiannual progress report requirements of the commissioner of natural resources
and the board of water and soil resources; authorizing the Minnesota historical
society to spend nonstate money to commission a bust of former U.S. supreme
court justice Harry A. Blackmun for installation in the state capitol; naming
the hall at the North West company fur post interpretive center housing the
exhibits as the Senator Janet B. Johnson exhibit hall; specifying certain bases
for commissioner of finance bond sale timing decisions; removing the authority
of the governor to control the sale of state bonds and certificates of
indebtedness and the authority of the legislature to reauthorize bond
authorization or bond proceed unencumbered balance cancellations; authorizing
the commissioner to pay rebates to the federal government to maintain the
federal tax exemption of bonds; providing for the deposit of certain fees and
proceeds in the general fund under certain conditions; excluding facilities
owned or operated by the Minnesota state colleges and universities, the
university of Minnesota or private colleges or universities from bleacher safety
requirements; requiring and providing for the RFA to establish and implement an
agroforestry loan program; increasing the flood hazard mitigation grant level
for projects in the Red River basin subject to a mediation agreement and
approval by the Red River flood damage reduction work group; increasing the cost
limit for eligibility for state owned dam repair or reconstruction grants;
specifying certain conditions for pollution control agency issuance of permits
for new wastewater treatment systems requiring a national pollutant discharge
elimination or a state disposal system permit; requiring city adoption of a
resolution for alternative discharging sewage system permittees to conduct
activities in areas surrounding the city; removing future wastewater flows and
loadings from the definition of essential project components for wastewater
treatment financial assistance purposes; changing library accessibility grants
to library facilities grants, authorizing the commissioner of children, families
and learning to make the grants to renovate or expand existing buildings or to
construct new buildings for use as libraries and increasing the monetary grant
limit; increasing the bonding authority of the higher education facilities and
the MnSCU board of trustees and authorizing the board to issue revenue bonds to
refund previously issued bonds; authorizing the state armory building commission
to provide partnerships with federal and state governments and to match
available federal and local funds; requiring the amateur sports commission to
develop a plan to stimulate the development of new amateur sports facilities
statewide to be used primarily for youth athletic activities and authorizing and
providing for commission matching grants to local government units to develop
new amateur soccer fields; requiring the public facilities authority in
consultation with the PCA to evaluate wastewater treatment alternatives before
granting financial assistance under the wastewater infrastructure funding
program and authorizing an increased level of funding for certain
multijurisdictional projects; authorizing housing finance agency (HFA) loans for
supportive housing; increasing a certain prior appropriation to the Minnesota
historical society for the MnSCU board to construct the American Indian history
museum and center at Bemidji state university and eliminating the match
requirement and the deadline for initiation of the project; authorizing use of a
certain prior appropriation to the board for an addition to the graphic arts and
dental space at St. Cloud technical college for predesign; expanding the
authorized use of a certain prior appropriation to the commissioner of natural
resources for a grant to Anoka county for the Rice Creek west regional trail in
the city of Fridley for certain amenities at the trailhead; eliminating the use
of a certain prior appropriation to the commissioner of administration for CAPRA
for roof repairs at the Hastings veterans home; reducing the limit on the
transferring of funds from the general fund to the state bond fund to pay the
principal and interest on state bonds sold during a certain biennium;
authorizing Ridgewater community and technical college to build an addition to
kennels for veterinary technology at the Willmar campus with existing college
funds; authorizing the MnSCU board to construct a campus security building and
to lease state property at Moorhead state university; authorizing Minnesota west
community and technical college to enter into an agreement with the YMCA for the
lease of land on the Worthington campus; requiring theMnSCU board and the
commissioner of administration and economic security to develop and report to
the legislature by a certain date on a long range plan for the location of
workforce centers on state college and university campuses; requiring the PCA in
conjunction with the public facilities authority and other interested state
agencies to by a certain date recommend and report to the legislature on the
wastewater treatment evaluation process; requiring and providing for the
conveyance of certain state land to the city of St. Paul for certain building
relocation and preservation purposes; renaming the visitors center at Lake
Bronson the Victor Johnson visitors center and the national sports center in
Blaine the Rudy Perpich sports center; repealing a certain cost benefit analysis
requirement for certain large state procurement contracts (mk, ja)