1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to a University of Minnesota football stadium; providing a process for 
1.3 	state support of a football stadium at the University of Minnesota; transferring 
1.4 	land in Dakota County from the University to the Department of Natural 
1.5 	Resources; appropriating money;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 
1.6 	Statutes, chapter 473.
1.7 	 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. DEFINITIONS.
 1.9 		Subdivision 1.Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to sections 2 to 7. 
1.10 		Subd. 2.Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of finance. 
1.11 		Subd. 3.Stadium. "Stadium" means an athletic stadium suitable for intercollegiate 
1.12 	National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I football games and related 
1.13 	infrastructure improvements constructed on the University of Minnesota's east bank 
1.14 	campus in the city of Minneapolis. 
1.15 		Subd. 4.Board. "Board" means the Regents of the University of Minnesota.
1.16 		Subd. 5.Commission. "Commission" means the Metropolitan Sports Facilities 
1.17 	Commission.
1.18 		Subd. 6.University land. "University land" means approximately 2,840 acres 
1.19 	owned by the University of Minnesota and lying within the area legally described as 
1.20 	approximately the Southerly 3/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 1 (comprising 120 acres), 
1.21 	approximately the Southeast 1/4 of Section 2 (comprising 160 acres), the East 1/2 of 
1.22 	Section 10, Section 11, the West 1/2 of Section 12, Section 13 and Section 14, all in Twp. 
1.23 	114 North, Range 19 West, Dakota County, Minnesota.
1.24 		Subd. 7.Permitted University uses. "Permitted University uses" means University 
1.25 	educational, research, outreach, scientific and agricultural uses including, undiminished, 
2.1 	all of the present uses of the University land, all of the present uses of University real 
2.2 	property that adjoins the University land, all similar uses made of comparable property by 
2.3 	other land grant universities, any uses related to the foregoing uses, and the making of 
2.4 	improvements incidental to any such uses.
2.5 		Subd. 8.Other permitted uses. "Other permitted uses" means agricultural, outdoor 
2.6 	recreation uses including those named in Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 86A.03, 
2.7 	subdivision 3, open space management uses, and the making of improvements incidental 
2.8 	to any such uses, provided such improvements have been agreed to in writing by the 
2.9 	University and the commissioner of natural resources.
2.10 		Subd. 9.Prohibited uses. "Prohibited uses" means use of the University land 
2.11 	for residential, commercial, or industrial uses, unless those uses are permitted by this 
2.12 	act, or are presently being conducted under existing University leases, easements or use 
2.13 	agreements or are utility uses within defined corridors.

2.14 	Sec. 2. ACTIVITIES; CONTRACTS.
 2.15 	The legislature recognizes that the board has all powers necessary or convenient for 
2.16 	designing, constructing, equipping, improving, controlling, operating, and maintaining the 
2.17 	stadium and may enter into contracts that are in its judgment in the best interests of the 
2.18 	public for those purposes. Notwithstanding contrary law, the board may adopt the fair 
2.19 	and competitive design and construction procurement procedures in connection with the 
2.20 	stadium that it considers to be in the public interest.

2.21 	Sec. 3. PUBLIC USE OF STADIUM.
 2.22 	The Board of Regents is requested, in furtherance of its outreach mission and subject 
2.23 	to its policies regarding the use of University facilities, to provide ample opportunities for 
2.24 	use of the stadium for events sponsored by public bodies including public schools.

2.25 	Sec. 4. CONDITIONS FOR PAYMENT TO UNIVERSITY.
 2.26 	(a) Before the commissioner may make the first payment to the board authorized 
2.27 	in this section the commissioner must certify that the board has received at least 
2.28 	$124,000,000 in pledges, gifts, sponsorships, and other nonstate general fund revenue 
2.29 	support for the construction of the stadium.  On July 1 of each year after certification 
2.30 	by the commissioner, but no earlier than July 1, 2007, and for so long thereafter as 
2.31 	any bonds issued by the board for the construction of the stadium are outstanding, the 
2.32 	state must transfer to the board up to $9,400,000 to reimburse the board for its stadium 
2.33 	costs, provided that bonds issued to pay the state's share of such costs shall not exceed 
3.1 	$124,000,000. Up to $9,400,000 is appropriated annually from the general fund for the 
3.2 	purpose of this section. The appropriation of up to $9,400,000 per year may be made 
3.3 	for no more than 25 years. The board must certify to the commissioner the amount of 
3.4 	the annual payments of principal and interest required to service each series of bonds 
3.5 	issued by the University for the construction of the stadium, and the actual amount of the 
3.6 	state's annual payment to the University shall equal the amount required to service the 
3.7 	bonds representing the state's share of such costs. Except to the extent of the annual 
3.8 	appropriation described in this section, the state is not required to pay any part of the cost 
3.9 	of designing or constructing the stadium.
3.10 	(b) The board must certify to the commissioner that the per semester student fee 
3.11 	contribution to the stadium will be at a fixed level coterminous with bonds issued by the 
3.12 	board to meet the student share of the design construction of the stadium and that the 
3.13 	student fee will not be increased to meet construction cost overruns.

3.14 	Sec. 5. NO FULL FAITH AND CREDIT.
 3.15 	Any bonds or other obligations issued by the board under this act are not public debt 
3.16 	of the state, and the full faith and credit and taxing powers of the state are not pledged for 
3.17 	their payment, or of any payments that the state agrees to make under this act.

3.18 	Sec. 6. LAND PROTECTION AND TRANSFER.
 3.19 		Subdivision 1.Land protection. The obligation of the state of Minnesota to 
3.20 	make the payments required under section 4 herein is expressly conditioned upon the 
3.21 	University's covenant in perpetuity, subject to subdivision 3, limiting the use of the 
3.22 	University land to the permitted University uses and the other permitted uses and 
3.23 	proscribing the use of the University land for any of the prohibited uses. A declaration 
3.24 	imposing such restrictions and granting to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources 
3.25 	the right to enforce the same which has been executed by the University and filed in the 
3.26 	Office of the Dakota County Recorder shall satisfy this condition. In furtherance of the 
3.27 	purposes of this subdivision, the University and Department of Natural Resources shall 
3.28 	promptly endeavor to enter into a joint powers agreement pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, 
3.29 	section 471.59, or a conservation easement held by a qualified conservation organization 
3.30 	or by a conservation easement holder as described in applicable Minnesota law embodying 
3.31 	such restrictions, which agreement or easement shall provide for cooperative oversight 
3.32 	of the use of the University land. Nothing herein or in any declaration, agreement, or 
3.33 	easement made or entered into pursuant hereto shall impair the rights of third parties 
3.34 	under presently existing leases, easements, or use agreements. Except as limited in 
4.1 	any declaration, agreement, or conservation easement made, entered into, or granted as 
4.2 	provided above, the rights of University with respect to the University land are not to be 
4.3 	affected by this section.
4.4 		Subd. 2.Land transfer. Not later than the date on which the state of Minnesota 
4.5 	makes the last of the payments required under section 4, the Regents of the University 
4.6 	of Minnesota shall offer to convey the University land to the Minnesota Department of 
4.7 	Natural Resources in its "as is" condition by quit claim deed, without warranties, for the 
4.8 	sum of $1. Upon agreement of the University and the state, all or part of the University 
4.9 	land may be transferred to another governmental unit of the state. Any conveyance shall be 
4.10 	subject to the perpetual right of the University to use the University land for the permitted 
4.11 	University uses. Such conveyance shall also be subject to the rights of third parties under 
4.12 	presently existing leases, easements, and use agreements. The instruments of transfer shall 
4.13 	otherwise limit the use of the University land to the other permitted uses and subject such 
4.14 	uses to such restrictions as may be provided in any agreement between the University and 
4.15 	state or any conservation easement granted pursuant to subdivision 1, as applicable and 
4.16 	proscribe its use for the prohibited purposes. The University of Minnesota shall have the 
4.17 	right to enforce such limitations and restrictions. The state shall make no claim or demand 
4.18 	or institute any suit or proceeding against the University with respect to environmental 
4.19 	contamination of pollution on the University land resulting from hazardous substances, 
4.20 	pollutants, or contaminants that were released, or that otherwise came to be located on the 
4.21 	University land prior to the time the University took title thereto, unless the University 
4.22 	took action that significantly contributed to the release after the University knew or 
4.23 	reasonably should have known that a hazardous substance or pollutant or contaminant was 
4.24 	located in or on the land. The University shall promptly endeavor and use due diligence 
4.25 	to resolve its claims against the federal government with respect to environmental 
4.26 	contamination that occurred prior to the time the University took title to the university 
4.27 	land. The University shall seal any abandoned wells on the land pursuant to state law.
4.28 		Subd. 3.Termination of use restrictions. In the event the state of Minnesota fails 
4.29 	to make any payment required by section 4, the foregoing restrictions on University's use 
4.30 	of the University land, any declaration, agreement, or conservation easement containing 
4.31 	such restrictions and the University's obligation to offer the University land to the state of 
4.32 	Minnesota shall be null and void.

4.33 	Sec. 7. [473.5955] TERMINATION OF LEASE.
4.34 	The lease between the Regents of the University of Minnesota and the commission 
4.35 	dated May 19, 1982, that requires the University of Minnesota football team to play its 
5.1 	home football games at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome until July 1, 2012, may 
5.2 	be terminated by the board effective on or after the date designated by the board as the 
5.3 	date of completion of the stadium on the University of Minnesota's east bank campus in 
5.4 	the city of Minneapolis.

5.5 	Sec. 8. RECREATIONAL PROGRAM ASSESSMENT.
 5.6 	The commissioner of natural resources, in cooperation with the Board of Regents of 
5.7 	the University, shall submit to the governor and the legislature by January 15, 2007, an 
5.8 	assessment of the short-term and long-term programmatic plans for the development of the 
5.9 	land identified in section 1, subdivision 8. The assessment shall include, but is not limited 
5.10 	to, a timeline for providing the recreational opportunities, and the needed restoration 
5.11 	including native species of local ecotype, measurable outcomes, and anticipated costs. 
5.12 	The commissioner of natural resources shall consult with interested stakeholders to assist 
5.13 	in the development of the plan.

5.14 	Sec. 9. REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.
 5.15 	The revisor of statutes shall codify sections 1 to 6 in chapter 137 in the next edition 
5.16 	of Minnesota Statutes.

5.17 	Sec. 10. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 5.18 	Sections 1 to 9 are effective the day following final enactment.