Engrossments
Introduction		Posted on 01/10/2005

Section 1. new text begin CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS.
new text end

The sums in the column under "APPROPRIATIONS" are
appropriated from the bond proceeds fund, or another named fund,
to the state agencies or officials indicated, to be spent for
public purposes. Appropriations of bond proceeds must be spent
as authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section
5, paragraph (a), to acquire and better public land and
buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature, or
as authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section
5, paragraphs (b) to (j), or article XIV. Unless otherwise
specified, the appropriations in this act are available until
the project is completed or abandoned subject to Minnesota
Statutes, section 16A.642.
SUMMARY

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA $ 115,567,000

MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES 234,892,000

EDUCATION 26,749,000

MINNESOTA STATE ACADEMIES 5,841,000

PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION 1,919,000

NATURAL RESOURCES 108,628,000

POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY 10,000,000

OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANCE 4,000,000

BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES 27,935,000

AGRICULTURE 815,000

ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN 3,000,000

ADMINISTRATION 9,124,000

CAPITOL AREA ARCHITECTURAL AND PLANNING BOARD 3,070,000

AMATEUR SPORTS COMMISSION 3,200,000

MILITARY AFFAIRS 5,000,000

VETERANS AFFAIRS 500,000

COMMERCE 1,000,000

PUBLIC SAFETY 1,269,000

TRANSPORTATION 69,640,000

HEALTH 8,900,000

HUMAN SERVICES 12,314,000

VETERANS HOMES BOARD 12,112,000

CORRECTIONS 70,350,000

EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 180,165,000

HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY 20,000,000

IRON RANGE RESOURCES AND REHABILITATION 1,800,000

MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY 9,996,000

BOND SALE EXPENSES 904,000

TOTAL $ 948,690,000

Bond Proceeds Fund
(General Fund Debt Service) 826,626,000

Bond Proceeds Fund
(User Financed Debt Service) 59,934,000

Maximum Effort School Loan Fund 22,130,000

State Transportation Fund 40,000,000

APPROPRIATIONS
$

Sec. 2. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

Subdivision 1.

To the Board of Regents
of the University of Minnesota for the
purposes specified in this section 115,567,000

Subd. 2.

Higher Education Asset
Preservation and Replacement (HEAPR) 50,000,000

To be spent in accordance with
Minnesota Statutes, section 135A.046.

Subd. 3.

Duluth Campus

(a) Life Science Building 9,300,000

To design, renovate, furnish, and equip
the Life Science Building for the
pharmacy program and other academic
programs on the Duluth campus. The
renovation may include, but is not
limited to, improvements to correct air
quality problems, life safety and
accessibility code deficiencies,
asbestos, and fireproofing of the
facility.

(b) Recreational
Sports Addition 8,000,000

To construct, furnish, and equip the
recreational sports facility, an
addition to the existing sports and
health center. The facility will
include fitness and conditioning space,
multipurpose recreational space, and
office space.

(c) Labowitz School of
Business and Economics 1,467,000

To design a new building for the
Labowitz School of Business and
Economics. The building will include
classrooms, offices, teaching
laboratories, student services, and
administrative support space.

Subd. 4.

Morris Campus -
District Heating and Football Stadium 5,333,000

To design, construct, and equip an
addition to the heating plant to
provide the capability to burn biomass
fuel to produce steam, and to construct
a football stadium to be shared with
the Morris School District.

Subd. 5.

Twin Cities Campus -
Minneapolis

(a) Kolthoff Hall 16,000,000

To design, renovate, furnish, and equip
Kolthoff Hall and to correct air
quality problems in the facility that
may include, but is not limited to,
repair or replacement of the
mechanical, electrical, and HVAC
systems.

(b) Education Sciences 13,300,000

To design, renovate, furnish, and equip
the Education Sciences Building.

(c) Academic Health Center 10,500,000

To design, renovate, furnish, and equip
classrooms and laboratories.

(d) Carlson School Expansion 1,667,000

To design a new instructional facility
adjacent to the existing Carlson School
of Management, to include undergraduate
classrooms for the Carlson School and
the College of Liberal Arts,
undergraduate computer laboratories,
and offices for the Carlson School's
undergraduate student support services
programs.

Subd. 6.

University Share

Except for higher education asset
preservation and replacement, the
appropriations in this section are
intended to cover approximately
two-thirds of the cost of each
project. The remaining costs must be
paid from university sources.

Subd. 7.

Contingencies

The commissioner of finance must
combine into one account, under the
control of the Board of Regents, the
portion of each appropriation in this
section that is attributable to the
amount budgeted for contingencies for
projects in this section. The board
must manage the account to pay for
exceptional but necessary costs of
projects authorized in this section.
Upon substantial completion or
abandonment of all projects authorized
in this section, the board must use any
funds remaining in the contingency
account for HEAPR under Minnesota
Statutes, section 135A.046. The Board
of Regents must report by February 1 of
each even-numbered year to the chairs
of the house and senate committees with
jurisdiction over capital investments
and higher education finance, and to
the chairs of the house Ways and Means
Committee and the senate Finance
Committee on how the money in the
contingency account has been allocated
or spent.

Sec. 3. MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND
UNIVERSITIES

Subdivision 1.

To the Board of Trustees
of the Minnesota State Colleges and
Universities for the purposes specified in
this section 234,892,000

Subd. 2.

Higher Education Asset
Preservation and Replacement 60,000,000

This appropriation is for the purposes
specified in Minnesota Statutes,
section 135A.046, including safety and
statutory compliance, envelope
integrity, mechanical systems, and
space restoration.

Subd. 3.

Anoka Ramsey Community College -
Cambridge 9,650,000

To design, construct, furnish, and
equip an addition to the main campus
building, and to remodel the main
campus building for a science
laboratory and academic support center.

Subd. 4.

Bemidji State University -
Northwest Technical College 10,000,000

To remodel, furnish, and equip phase 2
of the Emerging Technology Addition
project, including remodeling Bridgeman
Hall at Bemidji State University and
construction of an addition at
Northwest Technical College.

Subd. 5.

Central Lakes College 5,480,000

To design, construct, furnish, and
equip heavy equipment shop space at the
Staples West Campus and to remodel
vacated space at the Staples main
campus, and to design, construct,
furnish, and equip a music classroom
and a rehearsal addition and to
renovate, furnish, and equip vacated
space at the Brainerd Campus.

Subd. 6.

Century Community and
Technical College

(a) Technology Center 4,500,000

To remodel, furnish, and equip recently
purchased space into a computer center,
offices, and smart classrooms.

(b) Science Center and
Learning Resources Center 1,000,000

To design a new building for science
laboratories and classrooms and a new
library and learning resource center.

Subd. 7.

Dakota Technical College 6,800,000

To remodel, furnish, and equip an
information technology and
telecommunications center of
excellence, as well as improve and
expand the library and academic support
center. This includes $2,500,000 for
deferred maintenance projects.

This appropriation is not available
until the commissioner of finance has
determined that at least $200,000 has
been committed from nonstate sources.

Subd. 8.

Fond du Lac Tribal and
Community College 635,000

To design an addition to the library
and to design phase 1 of the Lester
Jack Briggs Cultural Center to provide
multicultural spaces and physical
education facilities.

Subd. 9.

Inver Hills Community College 5,565,000

To remodel the College Center Building
and to construct, furnish, and equip a
one-stop student services addition to
it; enlarge and colocate central
services, the bookstore, and loading
dock; and remove a pedestrian safety
hazard.

Subd. 10.

Lake Superior College 10,350,000

To construct an addition to house all
student services, high-tech classrooms,
open computer labs, space for workforce
development, and faculty and
administrative offices. The project
also includes space for student life
programs and instruction.

Subd. 11.

Minneapolis Community and
Technical College 5,790,000

To design, remodel, furnish, and equip
basic science laboratories and a health
sciences center for nursing.

Subd. 12.

Minnesota State College -
Southeast Technical College 3,500,000

To remodel, furnish, and equip a
one-stop student services center, a
bookstore, technology-enhanced
classrooms, a library and learning
resource center, a nursing department,
and a collegiate entry and information
center.

Subd. 13.

Minnesota State Community and
Technical College - Fergus Falls 7,000,000

To design and construct an addition for
fine arts, technology, and student
services, and to design and remodel
general and interactive television
classrooms.

Subd. 14.

Minnesota State Community and
Technical College - Moorhead 6,500,000

To construct, furnish, and equip an
addition for allied health and
construction trades and renovate space
for student services. The project will
also expand and replace the campus
boiler, upgrade campus storage and
mechanical and electrical needs,
correct life safety and building code
violations, demolish temporary
buildings, and construct 40 additional
parking spaces.

Subd. 15.

Minnesota State University -
Mankato 2,560,000

To design an addition to and partial
remodeling of Trafton Science Center.

Subd. 16.

Minnesota State University -
Moorhead

(a) Hagen Hall 9,645,000

To renovate, furnish, and equip Hagen
Hall for classrooms, science
laboratories, and related offices.

(b) MacLean Hall 500,000

To design a comprehensive renovation of
MacLean Hall.

Subd. 17.

Northland Community
College 1,985,000

To relocate a workforce center, remodel
to expand nursing programs, and remodel
instructional and office space.

Subd. 18.

Riverland Community
College 5,100,000

To design, remodel, furnish, and equip
science labs on the Austin and Albert
Lea campuses and general classrooms on
the Austin campus.

Subd. 19.

Rochester Community and
Technical College 11,745,000

To construct, furnish, and equip the
renovation of the vacant Rockenbach
gymnasium and adjacent site
improvements, selected areas of the
Heintz Center, and portions of the
University Center Rochester main campus
buildings all for use as a health
sciences center for Rochester Community
and Technical College.

Subd. 20.

St. Cloud State University

(a) Centennial Hall, Phase 2 2,900,000

To remodel, furnish, and equip
Centennial Hall to convert it from a
library to classroom and office space.
This appropriation is added to the
appropriation in Laws 2003, First
Special Session chapter 20, article 1,
section 3, subdivision 16.

(b) Brown Hall 900,000

To design the renovation of, and an
addition to, Brown Hall. The
renovation and addition must address
life safety, fire, and air quality to
provide space for nursing programs and
necessary laboratory and classroom
space.

Subd. 21.

St. Cloud Technical College 13,860,000

To design, construct, furnish, and
equip a multistory addition and to
renovate classroom space into science
space, including two science
laboratories and a faculty office.

Subd. 22.

St. Paul College 10,120,000

To design, remodel, furnish, and equip
construction trades and technology labs
and design and construct a new entryway
to link all floors of the original
building with the tower to include
offices, conference rooms, and student
study areas.

Subd. 23.

South Central Technical
College 4,747,000

To remodel, furnish, and equip teaching
laboratories at the North Mankato
campus and for asset preservation at
the Faribault campus.

Subd. 24.

Winona State University 10,235,000

To design, renovate, furnish, and equip
Pasteur Hall for classrooms, science
laboratories, and related offices.

Subd. 25.

Systemwide

(a) Science Lab Renovations 8,900,000

To design, renovate, furnish, and equip
science laboratories at campuses
statewide.

(b) Workforce Training Classrooms 5,600,000

To design, renovate, furnish, and equip
classroom space at campuses statewide
into space designed to address emerging
workforce training needs.

(c) Technology Updated Classrooms 3,700,000

To renovate and equip with learning
technology classrooms at campuses
statewide.

(d) Demolition Initiative 1,625,000

To demolish obsolete buildings on ten
campuses.

(e) Program Consolidation 2,000,000

To design, renovate, furnish, and equip
spaces to allow for program
consolidation from one campus to
another.

(f) Land Acquisition 2,000,000

To acquire real property near the state
college and university campuses.

Subd. 26.

Debt Service

(a) The board shall pay the debt
service on one-third of the principal
amount of state bonds sold to finance
projects authorized by this section,
except for higher education asset
preservation and replacement, except
that, where a nonstate match is
required, the debt service is due on a
principal amount equal to one-third of
the total project cost, less the match
committed before the bonds are sold.
After each sale of general obligation
bonds, the commissioner of finance
shall notify the board of the amounts
assessed for each year for the life of
the bonds.

(b) The commissioner shall reduce the
board's assessment each year by
one-third of the net income from
investment of general obligation bond
proceeds in proportion to the amount of
principal and interest otherwise
required to be paid by the board. The
board shall pay its resulting net
assessment to the commissioner of
finance by December 1 each year. If
the board fails to make a payment when
due, the commissioner of finance shall
reduce allotments for appropriations
from the general fund otherwise
available to the board and apply the
amount of the reduction to cover the
missed debt service payment. The
commissioner of finance shall credit
the payments received from the board to
the bond debt service account in the
state bond fund each December 1 before
money is transferred from the general
fund under Minnesota Statutes, section
16A.641, subdivision 10.

Sec. 4. EDUCATION

Subdivision 1.

To the commissioner of
education for the purposes specified in
this section 26,749,000

Subd. 2.

Duluth Grant School
Youth and Community Center 1,065,000

For a grant to Independent School
District No. 709, Duluth, to design,
construct, furnish, and equip an
addition to the Grant Magnet School for
expansion of successful youth and
community programming. The addition
will include a gymnasium, performance
stage, multipurpose classrooms, and
will expand cafeteria seating.

Subd. 3.

Independent School
District No. 38 - Red Lake 22,130,000

This appropriation is from the maximum
effort school loan fund for a capital
loan to Independent School District No.
38, Red Lake, as provided in Minnesota
Statutes, sections 126C.60 to 126C.72,
to design, construct, renovate,
furnish, and equip middle school and
high school facilities. This capital
loan is approved as required in
Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.69,
subdivision 10.

The commissioner shall review the
proposed plan and budget of the project
and may reduce the amount of the loan
to ensure that the project will be
economical. The commissioner may
recover the cost incurred by the
commissioner for any professional
services associated with the final
review and construction by reducing the
proceeds of the loan paid by the
district. The commissioner shall
report to the legislature any
reductions to the appropriations in
this subdivision by January 10, 2005.

Subd. 4.

East Metro Magnet
School - Crosswinds Middle School 1,054,000

For a grant to Joint Powers District
6067, East Metro Integration District,
to complete land acquisition of the
Crosswinds Arts and Science Middle
School site based on a mediated
settlement. This appropriation is
added to the appropriations in Laws
1998, chapter 404, section 5,
subdivision 5; Laws 1999, chapter 240,
article 1, section 3; Laws 2000,
chapter 492, article 1, section 5,
subdivision 2; and Laws 2001, First
Special Session chapter 12, section 2,
subdivision 2, for the same project.

Subd. 5.

Library
Improvement Grants 2,000,000

For library improvement grants under
new Minnesota Statutes, section 134.45,
subdivision 5b.

Subd. 6.

Early Childhood Learning
and Child Protection Facilities 500,000

For grants to rehabilitate facilities
for programs under Minnesota Statutes,
section 119A.45, except that a grant
may not exceed $75,000 per program and
$200,000 per facility.

Sec. 5. MINNESOTA STATE ACADEMIES

Subdivision 1.

To the commissioner
of administration for the purposes
specified in this section 5,841,000

Subd. 2.

Asset Preservation 4,255,000

For asset preservation capital
improvements on both campuses of the
Minnesota State Academies.

Subd. 3.

West Wing Noyes - Phase 2 1,586,000

To complete renovation of the
auditorium.

Sec. 6. PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION

Subdivision 1.

To the commissioner
of administration for the purposes
specified in this section 1,919,000

Subd. 2.

Campus Asset Preservation 558,000

For asset preservation capital
improvements on the campus, including,
but not limited to, construction or
repair of perimeter fencing, sidewalks,
roads, sewers, the addition of an air
conditioning chiller, and mold
abatement.

Subd. 3.

Beta Building Demolition 525,000

To demolish the Beta Building on the
Perpich Center Campus, dispose of any
hazardous materials, and fill the site.

Subd. 4.

Alpha Building Renovation 746,000

To renovate and remodel the Alpha
Building on the Perpich Center Campus
for use as a storage facility.

Subd. 5.

Theater Capital Improvement 90,000

To replace lighting in the theater and
to reconstruct the stage to allow its
use for both teaching and performances.

Sec. 7. NATURAL RESOURCES

Subdivision 1.

To the
commissioner of natural resources
for the purposes specified
in this section 108,628,000

Subd. 2.

Flood Hazard Mitigation
Grants 29,880,000

For the state share of flood hazard
mitigation grants for publicly owned
capital improvements to prevent or
alleviate flood damage under Minnesota
Statutes, section 103F.161.

This appropriation includes money for
the following projects:

(a) Ada $ 500,000

(b) Breckenridge 3,250,000

(c) Canisteo Mine 1,000,000

(d) Dawson 200,000

(e) East Grand Forks 11,000,000

(f) Golden Valley 300,000

(g) Grand Marais Creek 2,600,000

(h) Granite Falls 2,600,000

(i) Inver Grove Heights 500,000

(j) Little McDonald Lake 250,000

(k) Malung 110,000

(l) Manston Slough 200,000

(m) Minneapolis 200,000

(n) Montevideo 1,980,000

(o) Oakport 3,000,000

(p) Palmville 323,000

(q) Roseau River 367,000

(r) St. Louis Park 1,000,000

(s) Two River Ross Impoundment 100,000

(t) Warren 200,000

(u) Whiskey Creek 200,000

For any project listed in this
paragraph that is not ready to proceed,
the commissioner may allocate that
project's money to the next project on
the commissioner's priority list, or
may allocate up to $180,000 to the
project in Cannon Falls.

To the extent that the cost of the
projects in Ada, Breckenridge, Dawson,
East Grand Forks, Granite Falls,
Montevideo, Oakport Township, Roseau,
and Warren exceed two percent of the
median household income in the
municipality multiplied by the number
of households in the municipality, this
appropriation is also for the local
share of the project.

There is no local share required for
the Canisteo Mine project.

For grants for Roseau River, Palmville,
and Malung, the state share must be $3
for each $1 of nonstate contribution.

Notwithstanding the grant expiration
date of June 30, 2002, the commissioner
of natural resources shall extend until
June 30, 2006, the expiration date of a
grant made to the city of Stillwater
under Minnesota Statutes, section
103F.161, used to match certain federal
appropriations for flood hazard
mitigation.

Subd. 3.

Dam Renovation and
Removal 1,000,000

To renovate or remove publicly owned
dams. The commissioner shall determine
project priorities as appropriate under
Minnesota Statutes, sections 103G.511
and 103G.515.

$50,000 is to renovate the Lake
Vermillion Dam in St. Louis County.

Subd. 4.

RIM - Critical Habitat
Match 3,000,000

To provide the state match for the
critical habitat private sector
matching account under Minnesota
Statutes, section 84.943, for the
acquisition or improvements of a
capital nature for critical fish,
wildlife, and native plant habitats.

Subd. 5.

RIM - Wildlife Area Land
Acquisition 10,000,000

To acquire land for wildlife management
area purposes under Minnesota Statutes,
section 86A.05, subdivision 8.

A portion of this appropriation may be
used to acquire land in coordination
with the Central Minnesota Prairie to
Pines Partnership to match federal
money available through the Army
Compatible Use Buffer Zone program to
protect a buffer zone around Camp
Ripley.

Subd. 6.

Fisheries Acquisition and
Improvement 1,050,000

To acquire land and interests in land
for aquatic management areas and to
make public improvements and
betterments of a capital nature to
aquatic management areas established
under Minnesota Statutes, section
86A.05, subdivision 14.

Subd. 7.

Water Access Acquisition,
Betterment, and Fishing Piers 3,500,000

For public water access acquisition,
construction, and renovation to capital
projects on lakes and rivers, including
water access through the provision of
fishing piers and shoreline access
under Minnesota Statutes, section
86A.05, subdivision 9.

Subd. 8.

Canoe and Boating Routes 500,000

To develop canoe and boating routes
under Minnesota Statutes, section 85.32.

This appropriation is to develop the
Red River of the North Canoe Route by
securing and developing access sites
from Georgetown to the Canadian border.

Subd. 9.

Stream Protection and
Restoration 500,000

For the design and construction of
trout stream restoration projects.

Subd. 10.

Reforestation 3,000,000

To increase reforestation activities to
meet the reforestation requirements of
Minnesota Statutes, section 89.002,
subdivision 2, including planting,
seeding, site preparation, and
purchasing tree seeds and seedlings.

Subd. 11.

Metro Greenways and
Natural Areas 1,000,000

To provide grants to local units of
government for acquisition or
betterment of greenways and natural
areas in the metro region and to
acquire greenways and natural areas in
the metro region through the purchase
of conservation easements or fee
titles. The commissioner shall
determine the project priorities and
shall consult with representatives of
local units of government, nonprofit
organizations, and other interested
parties.

Subd. 12.

Native Prairie Bank
Easements and Development 1,000,000

For acquisition of native prairie bank
easements under Minnesota Statutes,
section 84.96, and for betterment of
prairie bank lands.

Subd. 13.

Scientific and Natural
Area Acquisition and Development 500,000

To acquire land for scientific and
natural areas and for development,
protection, or improvements of a
capital nature to scientific and
natural areas under Minnesota Statutes,
sections 84.033 and 86A.05, subdivision
5.

Subd. 14.

State Trail Development 8,860,000

To acquire land for and to develop
state trails as specified in Minnesota
Statutes, section 85.015.

$1,700,000 is for the Blazing Star
Trail.

$435,000 is for a segment of the
Blufflands Trail, from Preston to
Forestville.

$200,000 is for a segment of the
Blufflands Trail, from Chester Woods
County Park to the city of Eyota in
Olmsted County, primarily for
nonmotorized riding and hiking.

$500,000 is for the Casey Jones Trail.

$400,000 is for the Douglas Trail.

$400,000 is for the Gateway Trail.

$725,000 is for the Gitchi Gami Trail.

$900,000 is for the Glacial Lakes Trail.

$200,000 is for the Goodhue Pioneer
Trail.

$300,000 is for the Heartland Trail.

$150,000 is for the Milltown Trail.

$100,000 is for the Minnesota River
Trail.

$2,400,000 is for the Paul Bunyan
Trail: $1,500,000 is for an extension
across Excelsior Road in the city of
Baxter to connect with the Oberstar
Tunnel; $500,000 is to construct an
underpass under State Highway 197 in
the city of Bemidji and is not
available until the commissioner has
determined that an equal amount has
been committed by the city of Bemidji;
and $400,000 is to install riprap along
the southeast shore of Lake Bemidji.

$450,000 is for the Shooting Star Trail.

Subd. 15.

County Forest Land
Reforestation 1,000,000

To provide matching grants to counties
for reforestation of
county-administered lands. The
commissioner shall determine project
priorities based on need and level of
county matching funds. The state
matching grants are available to
counties for site preparation, tree
planting, tree seeding, and are to
supplement, not supplant, county
funding for timber development
described under Minnesota Statutes,
section 282.08, clause (5), item (i).

These grants are not available until
the commissioner has determined that at
least an equal amount has been
committed from the recipient county.

Subd. 16.

Fish Hatchery Improvements 1,750,000

For improvements of a capital nature to
renovate fish culture facilities.

Subd. 17.

RIM - Wildlife Management
Area Development 600,000

For improvements of a capital nature to
develop, protect, or improve habitat
and facilities on wildlife management
areas under Minnesota Statutes, section
86A.05, subdivision 8.

Subd. 18.

State Forest and Forest Legacy
Land Acquisition 2,000,000

To acquire private lands and interests
in lands from willing sellers within
established boundaries of state forests
established under Minnesota Statutes,
section 89.021, and within Forest
Legacy Areas established under United
States Code, title 16, section 2103c.

Subd. 19.

Forest Road and Bridge Projects 1,000,000

For reconstruction, resurfacing,
replacement, and construction of state
forest roads and bridges throughout the
state under Minnesota Statutes, section
89.002.

Subd. 20.

State Park and Recreation Area
Acquisition 3,000,000

For acquisition of land under Minnesota
Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivisions
2 and 3, from willing sellers of
private lands within state park and
recreation area boundaries established
by law.

Subd. 21.

State Park and Recreation Area
Building Development and Rehabilitation and
Infrastructure Improvements 6,900,000

For construction, rehabilitation, and
infrastructure improvements within
Minnesota state parks and state
recreation areas according to the
management plan required in Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 86A.

$2,900,000 is to develop the Red River
State Recreation Area, including
construction of a visitor's center.

$1,400,000 is to develop the Big Bog
State Recreation Area, including
construction of a visitor's center.

$1,800,000 is to develop the Grand
Portage State Park, including
construction of a visitor's center and
a maintenance shop.

Subd. 22.

Metro Regional Park Acquisition
and Betterment 18,988,000

This appropriation is for a grant to
the Metropolitan Council. The grant
must be used to pay the cost of
improvements and betterments of a
capital nature and acquisition by the
council and local government units of
regional recreational open-space lands
in accordance with the council's policy
plan as provided in Minnesota Statutes,
section 473.147. Priority should be
given to park rehabilitation and land
acquisition projects.

$1,000,000 is for a grant to the city
of Hastings to construct, furnish, and
equip the Hastings River Flats
Interpretive Facility.

$250,000 is for a grant to the
Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
to develop a plan to complete the Grand
Rounds National Scenic Byway by
providing a link between northeast
Minneapolis on Stinson Boulevard and
southeast Minneapolis at East River
Road.

For purposes of Minnesota Statutes,
section 473.351, Columbia Parkway,
Ridgeway Parkway, and Stinson Boulevard
are considered to be part of the
metropolitan regional recreation open
space system.

$2,500,000 is for a grant to the
Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
to mitigate flooding at Lake of the
Isles in the city of Minneapolis. This
appropriation must be used for
shoreline stabilization and
restoration, dredging, wetland
replacement, and other infrastructure
improvements necessary to deal with the
1997 flood damage and to prevent future
flooding.

$50,000 is for a grant to the
Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
to predesign the J.D. Rivers Urban
Agriculture Awareness Center in
Theodore Wirth Regional Park.

$100,000 is for a grant to Ramsey and
Washington Counties, or either of them
as jointly agreed, to prepare
engineering design documents for the
development of a trail adjacent to
marked Trunk Highway 120 from its
intersection with Joy Road to its
intersection with 20th Street in the
city of North St. Paul, adjacent to
marked Trunk Highway 96 from its
intersection with marked Trunk Highway
61 to its intersection with marked
Trunk Highway 244, and adjacent to
marked Trunk Highway 244 from its
intersection with marked Trunk Highway
96 to and including its intersection
with Washington County Road 12. The
design must be consistent with the
recommendations of the Lake Links Trail
Network Master Plan prepared for Ramsey
and Washington Counties.

$388,000 is for a grant to the city of
St. Paul for park and trail
improvements in the Desnoyer Park area,
above the Meeker Island lock historic
site.

$3,000,000 is for a grant to the city
of St. Paul to design and construct
river's edge improvements and redevelop
a public park on Raspberry Island.

$5,000,000 is for a grant to the city
of South St. Paul for the closure,
capping, and remediation of
approximately 80 acres of the Port
Crosby construction and demolition
debris landfill in South St. Paul, as
the fourth phase of converting the land
into parkland, and to restore
approximately 80 acres of riverfront
land along the Mississippi River.

Subd. 23.

Local Initiative Grants 1,000,000

For grants for local parks and outdoor
recreation areas under Minnesota
Statutes, section 85.019, subdivision
2; grants for natural and scenic areas
under Minnesota Statutes, section
85.019, subdivision 4a; and grants for
regional parks outside the metropolitan
area defined in Minnesota Statutes,
section 473.121, subdivision 2, which
may be for up to 60 percent of the
nonfederal share of the project cost.

Subd. 24.

Lake Superior Safe Harbor 2,000,000

For design, construction, and capital
improvements to public accesses and
small craft harbors on Lake Superior in
cooperation with the United States Army
Corps of Engineers, and to purchase
buildings, piers, and capital equipment
from Lake County.

Subd. 25.

Statewide Asset Preservation 2,000,000

For asset preservation improvements and
betterments at Department of Natural
Resources buildings statewide,
including removal of life safety
hazards and structural defects;
elimination or containment of hazardous
materials; code compliance
improvements; accessibility
improvements; replacement or renovation
of roofs, windows, tuckpointing, and
structural members; and improvements
necessary to preserve the interior and
exterior of buildings and other
infrastructure.

Subd. 26.

Field Office Renovation and
Improvement 1,000,000

To design, acquire, renovate,
construct, furnish, and equip field
offices.

Subd. 27.

Office Facility Development 3,600,000

To design, construct, furnish, and
equip colocated facilities.

$1,300,000 is to complete the
consolidated office at Fergus Falls.

$2,300,000 is to develop colocated
facilities at Glenwood.

Sec. 8. POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY 10,000,000

To the Pollution Control Agency to
design and construct remedial systems
and acquire land at landfills
throughout the state in accordance with
the closed landfill program under
Minnesota Statutes, section 115B.39.

Sec. 9. OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANCE 4,000,000

To the Office of Environmental
Assistance for the solid waste capital
assistance grants program under
Minnesota Statutes, section 115A.54.
First priority for a grant from this
appropriation must be for a grant to
Olmsted County.

Sec. 10. BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES

Subdivision 1.

To the Board
of Water and Soil Resources for the
purposes specified in this section 27,935,000

Subd. 2.

RIM and CREP Conservation
Easements 23,000,000

This appropriation is to acquire
conservation easements from landowners
on marginal lands to protect soil and
water quality and to support fish and
wildlife habitat as provided in
Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.515.

$3,000,000 is to administer the program.

Subd. 3.

Wetland Replacement
Due to Public Road Projects 3,000,000

To acquire land for wetlands or restore
wetlands to be used to replace wetlands
drained or filled as a result of the
repair, maintenance, or rehabilitation
of existing public roads as required by
Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.222,
subdivision 1, paragraphs (k) and (l).

The purchase price paid for acquisition
of land, fee, or perpetual easement
must be the fair market value as
determined by the board. The board may
enter into agreements with the federal
government, other state agencies,
political subdivisions, and nonprofit
organizations or fee owners to acquire
land and restore and create wetlands
and to acquire existing wetland banking
credits with money provided by this
appropriation. Acquisition of or the
conveyance of land may be in the name
of the political subdivision.

Subd. 4.

Streambank, Lakeshore, and
Roadside Erosion Control 500,000

To acquire conservation easements in
environmentally sensitive lake and
river shoreland areas from private
landowners, to correct severely eroded
lake and river stream banks through the
installation of permanent erosion
control structures and practices, and
to reduce flood damages through the
installation of road retention
projects. The board may award grants
to local soil and water conservation
districts and participating local units
of government to acquire conservation
easements in accordance with Minnesota
Statutes, section 103F.225.

Subd. 5.

Area II Minnesota
River Basin Grant-in-Aid Program 500,000

For grants to assist local governments
in Area II of the Minnesota River Basin
to acquire, design, and construct
floodwater retention systems.

The grants are not available until the
board determines that $1 has been
committed to the project from nonstate
sources for every $3 of state grant.

Subd. 6.

Prairie Farm Education
and Exhibit Center 935,000

For a grant to the city of Canby to
acquire, design, construct, furnish,
and equip the Prairie Farm Preservation
Education and Exhibit Center

Sec. 11. AGRICULTURE

Subdivision 1.

To the commissioner of
agriculture or other named agencies for
the purposes specified in this section 815,000

Subd. 2.

Joint Plant Pathology
Research Facility 245,000

To complete the equipping of the
existing Biological Control Containment
Facility through the purchase and
installation of a plant growth chamber.

Subd. 3.

Agriculture Water Management
Research Partnership 570,000

To the Board of Regents of the
University of Minnesota to establish or
expand agricultural water management
projects at the Crookston, Morris,
Lamberton, and Waseca Research and
Outreach Centers in partnership with
the Department of Agriculture.

Sec. 12. MINNESOTA ZOOLOGICAL
GARDEN

Subdivision 1.

To the Minnesota
Zoological Garden for the purposes
specified in this section 3,000,000

Subd. 2.

Phase 1 of Master Plan 1,000,000

To design zoo facilities consistent
with the current Master Plan for the
Gateway to the North exhibit.

Subd. 3.

Asset Preservation 2,000,000

For capital asset preservation
improvements and betterments to roofs,
mechanical and utility systems, roads
and pathways, building envelopes, storm
water systems, exhibits, and safety and
code compliance upgrades.

Sec. 13. ADMINISTRATION

Subdivision 1.

To the commissioner
of administration for the purposes
specified in this section 9,124,000

Subd. 2.

Capital Asset Preservation
and Replacement Account (CAPRA) 3,000,000

To be spent in accordance with
Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.632.

Subd. 3.

Asset Preservation 4,000,000

For asset preservation projects in
properties managed by the Department of
Administration.

Subd. 4.

Parking 1,724,000

(a) Of this amount, $1,637,000 is for
renovation of the Central Park Parking
Ramp, located east and adjacent to the
Centennial Office Building in St. Paul,
to accommodate additional parking
stalls and for capital costs to expand
Capitol Parking Lot Q, located at Cedar
Street and Sherburne Avenue in St.
Paul, to accommodate additional parking
stalls.

(b) Of this amount, $87,000 is to
remove deficient retaining walls and
stairs and to regrade portions of Cass
Gilbert Park, located east and adjacent
to Lot Q.

(c) The bond debt in paragraph (a) will
be user financed from parking fees
collected and deposited into the state
parking account under Minnesota
Statutes, section 16A.643.

Subd. 5.

Workers' Memorial 400,000

To design and construct a workers'
memorial on the Capitol grounds.

Sec. 14. CAPITOL AREA ARCHITECTURAL
AND PLANNING BOARD

Subdivision 1.

To the commissioner of
administration for the purposes specified
in this section 3,070,000

Subd. 2.

Capitol Interior Renovation 1,200,000

To complete schematic design for the
phased renovation and restoration of
the Capitol's interior, including all
floors, ceremonial and public spaces,
office suites, and spaces currently
serving as hearing rooms.

The appropriation in this subdivision
may not be spent on any project that
affects space under the control of the
senate without the approval of the
secretary of the senate nor on any
project that affects space under the
control of the house of representatives
without the approval of the chief clerk
of the house.

Subd. 3.

Capitol Third Floor and Dome 1,870,000

To repair and restore the public
corridors, walls, and ceilings of the
third floor and the dome of the Capitol
Building in St. Paul.

Sec. 15. AMATEUR SPORTS COMMISSION

National Volleyball
Center - Phase 2 3,200,000

To the Amateur Sports Commission for a
grant to the city of Rochester to
design, construct, furnish, and equip
the phase 2 expansion of the National
Volleyball Center in Rochester, subject
to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695.

Sec. 16. MILITARY AFFAIRS

Subdivision 1.

To the adjutant
general for the purposes specified
in this section 5,000,000

Subd. 2.

Asset Preservation 4,000,000

For asset preservation improvements,
Americans With Disabilities Act
upgrades, and betterments of a capital
nature at military affairs facilities
statewide.

Subd. 3.

Facility Life-Safety
Improvements 1,000,000

For life-safety improvements, Americans
With Disabilities Act upgrades, and
betterments of a capital nature at
military affairs facilities statewide.

Sec. 17. VETERANS AFFAIRS 500,000

To the commissioner of administration
to complete construction of the World
War II Veterans' Memorial on the
Capitol Mall. This is the final state
appropriation for the project and is
contingent on sufficient nonstate funds
being received and deposited into a
segregated account for perpetual
maintenance of the memorial. The
design is subject to approval by the
Capitol Area Architectural and Planning
Board.

Sec. 18. COMMERCE

Biomass-Fueled
Heating and Cooling Systems 1,000,000

To the commissioner of commerce for
grants to predesign four to five
biomass-fueled, municipal, or state
college or university-owned community
heating and cooling systems.

The fuel source for the projects must
be biomass that is procured in an
environmentally sustainable manner.
Eligible biomass includes sustainably
harvested agricultural and forest
residues, waste wood, mill residues,
biogas, and dedicated energy crops.
Existing community energy systems
seeking upgrades, as well as new
projects, are eligible to apply.
Projects planning for future conversion
to cogeneration and projects seeking
federal matching funds must be given
preference. Proposals submitted by
interested municipalities or state
colleges and universities must be
evaluated by a technically
knowledgeable, nonpartisan
organization, such as the United States
Department of Energy's National
Renewable Energy Laboratory.

Sec. 19. PUBLIC SAFETY

Subdivision 1.

To the commissioner of
public safety for the purposes specified
in this section 1,269,000

Subd. 2.

Blue Earth -
Regional Fire and Police Station 642,000

For a grant to the city of Blue Earth
to acquire land, design, construct,
furnish, and equip a new fire and
police station at 729 East 7th Street
in the city of Blue Earth.

Subd. 3.

Rochester -
Regional Public Safety Training Center 627,000

For a grant to the city of Rochester to
design, construct, furnish, and equip
phase I of the Rochester Regional
Public Safety Training Center, which is
to develop a live burn training
simulator adjacent to the existing
National Guard facility in Rochester.

Sec. 20. TRANSPORTATION

Subdivision 1.

To the
commissioner of transportation for
the purposes specified in this section 69,640,000

Subd. 2.

Local Bridge Replacement
and Rehabilitation 40,000,000

This appropriation is from the bond
proceeds account in the state
transportation fund as provided in
Minnesota Statutes, section 174.50, to
match federal money and to replace or
rehabilitate local deficient bridges.

Political subdivisions may use grants
made under this section to construct or
reconstruct bridges, including:

(1) matching federal-aid grants to
construct or reconstruct key bridges;

(2) paying the costs of preliminary
engineering and environmental studies
authorized under Minnesota Statutes,
section 174.50, subdivision 6a;

(3) paying the costs to abandon an
existing bridge that is deficient and
in need of replacement, but where no
replacement will be made; and

(4) paying the costs to construct a
road or street to facilitate the
abandonment of an existing bridge
determined by the commissioner to be
deficient, if the commissioner
determines that construction of the
road or street is more cost efficient
than the replacement of the existing
bridge.

Subd. 3.

Local Road Improvement Program 10,000,000

$5,000,000 is for construction,
reconstruction, or reconditioning of
local roads with statewide or regional
significance under Minnesota Statutes,
section 174.52, subdivision 4.

$5,000,000 is for grants to counties to
assist in paying the costs of capital
improvement projects on county
state-aid highways that are intended
primarily to reduce traffic crashes,
deaths, injuries, and property damage,
under new Minnesota Statutes, section
174.52, subdivision 4a.

Subd. 4.

Rail Service Improvement 3,000,000

For transfer to the rail service
improvement account under Minnesota
Statutes, section 222.49.

$1,500,000 is to provide the state's
share for a railroad bypass in or near
the city of Willmar and is not
available until the commissioner has
determined that at least an equal
amount has been committed from nonstate
sources.

Subd. 5.

Port Development Assistance 3,700,000

For grants under Minnesota Statutes,
sections 457A.01 to 457A.06. Any
improvements made with the proceeds of
these grants must be publicly owned.

Subd. 6.

Northstar Commuter Rail 2,000,000

For final design and project management
of a commuter rail line serving Big
Lake to downtown Minneapolis; to
acquire land for stations, maintenance
facilities, and park and ride lots; and
for final design and project management
of an extension of the Hiawatha Light
Rail Transit Line from its terminus in
downtown Minneapolis to a new terminus
near Fifth Avenue North adjacent to the
proposed downtown Minneapolis commuter
rail station.

This appropriation is not available
until $2,000,000 has been committed by
local governments and approval to
proceed to final design has been
authorized by the Federal Transit
Administration.

Up to $2,000,000 of this appropriation
may be used for final design and
project management.

After a full-funding grant agreement
has been executed with the Federal
Transit Administration for the
Northstar Commuter Rail Project, the
remaining balance of this appropriation
not committed for final design and
project management or committed to
acquire land shall be available to
construct, furnish, and equip the
Northstar Commuter Rail Line and to
construct, furnish, and equip the
extension of the light rail transit
line.

Subd. 7.

Duluth Aerial
Lift Bridge 1,000,000

For a grant to the city of Duluth for
capital restoration of the aerial lift
bridge. This appropriation is
available when matched by $1 of money
secured or provided by the city of
Duluth for each $1 of state money.

Subd. 8.

Lake County -
Forest Highway 11 590,000

For a grant to Lake County to match
federal funding for bridge and highway
replacement, rehabilitation, and repair
to Forest Highway 11.

Subd. 9.

St. Paul - Holman Field
Flood Protection 100,000

For a grant to the Metropolitan
Airports Commission to construct a
permanent flood control perimeter dike
along the east and south edges of the
St. Paul Downtown Airport/Holman Field.

Subd. 10.

Central Corridor Transitway 5,250,000

To the Metropolitan Council for
planning, final environmental impact
statement, and preliminary engineering
of the Central Corridor Transit Way
between St. Paul and the city of
Minneapolis.

Subd. 11.

Rush Line
Corridor Transitway 1,000,000

To the Metropolitan Council:

(1) to match federal money;

(2) for right-of-way acquisition,
planning, and engineering for the Rush
Line corridor busway between St. Paul
and Hinckley; and

(3) for related construction of
park-and-pool and park-and-ride
facilities for the busway.

Subd. 12.

Red Rock
Corridor Transitway 1,000,000

To the Metropolitan Council for
preliminary engineering and
environmental review of the Red Rock
Corridor Transitway between Hastings
through St. Paul to Minneapolis.

Subd. 13.

St. Paul Union Depot 2,000,000

To the Metropolitan Council for a grant
to the Ramsey County Regional Rail
Authority to acquire and refurbish the
concourse at the St. Paul Union Depot
to implement a multimodal transit hub.

Sec. 21. HEALTH

Subdivision 1.

To the commissioner of
administration for the purposes specified
in this section 8,900,000

Subd. 2.

Health Career Institute 5,000,000

For a grant to the city of Minneapolis
to remove asbestos and lead
contamination from the site of the
former Sears store near Chicago and
Lake Streets and to construct space
within that site for the Health Career
Institute.

Subd. 3.

Hennepin County Crisis
Intervention Center 1,400,000

For a grant to Hennepin County to
renovate and expand the acute
psychiatric service at Hennepin County
Medical Center. This appropriation is
not available until the commissioner
has determined that at least an equal
amount has been committed from nonstate
sources.

Subd. 4.

Health Care
Learning Center 2,500,000

For a grant to the city of St. Paul to
acquire a site for and demolish an
existing building on the site, and to
predesign, design, construct, furnish,
and equip the Health Care Education and
Training Center in downtown St. Paul.
The city of St. Paul may enter into a
lease or management agreement for the
center, subject to Minnesota Statutes,
section 16A.695.

Sec. 22. HUMAN SERVICES

Subdivision 1.

To the
commissioner of administration
for the purposes specified
in this section 12,314,000

Subd. 2.

St. Peter Regional
Treatment Center Sex Offender Facility 3,000,000

To design new facilities for up to 150
beds for the treatment of sex offenders
in the Minnesota Sexual Offender
Program at the St. Peter Regional
Treatment Center.

Subd. 3.

Systemwide - Campus
Redevelopment/Reuse/Demolition 5,000,000

To demolish or improve surplus,
nonfunctional, or deteriorated
facilities and infrastructure at
Department of Human Services campuses
statewide.

Subd. 4.

Systemwide Roof
Renovation and Replacement 1,014,000

For renovation and replacement of roofs
at Department of Human Services
facilities statewide.

Subd. 5.

Systemwide Asset
Preservation 3,000,000

For asset preservation improvements and
betterments of a capital nature at
state regional treatment centers.

Subd. 6.

Grave Markers at
Regional Treatment Centers 300,000

To purchase and place grave markers or
memorial monuments that include the
available names of individuals at
cemeteries located at regional
treatment centers operated or formerly
operated by the commissioner of human
services. Individual monuments must
not be placed if the family of the
deceased resident objects to the
placement of the monument.

Sec. 23. VETERANS HOMES BOARD

Subdivision 1.

To the commissioner
of administration for the purposes
specified in this section 12,112,000

Subd. 2.

Asset Preservation 4,400,000

For asset preservation improvements and
betterments of a capital nature at
veterans homes statewide.

Subd. 3.

Fergus Falls
Veterans Home 2,325,000

For the state's portion of the cost to
construct a 22-bed special care unit.

Subd. 4.

Luverne
Veterans Home 282,000

For the state's portion for a
structural building addition to the
nursing care facility to be used as an
Alzheimer's/dementia wander area.

Subd. 5.

Minneapolis
Veterans Home

(a) Adult Day Care 1,031,000

For the state's portion of the cost to
remodel Building 4 to provide adult day
care services in the surrounding
communities.

(b) Dining Room and Kitchen Renovation 1,600,000

For the state's portion of the cost to
remodel and expand the main dining room
and food preparation and kitchen space
in Building 17.

(c) Waste Piping Replacement 1,077,000

For the state's portion of design,
renovation, and related costs of
replacing the sanitary waste piping in
Building 17 at the Minneapolis Veterans
Home.

Subd. 6.

Silver Bay
Veterans Home 1,347,000

For the state's portion of the master
plan, including renovation of existing
space and an addition to the nursing
home facility.

Subd. 7.

Willmar
Veterans Home 50,000

To predesign a veterans nursing home on
the Willmar Regional Treatment Center
campus, including a 60-bed skilled
nursing facility in the medical
treatment center and a 36-bed
supervised living facility in cottage
14 for a veterans geriatric behavioral
program.

Sec. 24. CORRECTIONS

Subdivision 1.

To the commissioner of
administration for the purposes specified
in this section 70,350,000

Subd. 2.

Minnesota Correctional
Facility - Faribault 60,000,000

To design, construct, furnish, and
equip a bed expansion at the Minnesota
Correctional Facility - Faribault, to
include, but not be limited to, three
new 416-bed, double-bunked wet cell
lockable living units, a new kitchen
and dining area, an expanded health
services area, additional programming
space, an upgrade to the existing
heating plant, and demolition of
several buildings and a utility tunnel.

Subd. 3.

Asset Preservation 10,000,000

For improvements and betterments of a
capital nature at Minnesota
correctional facilities statewide,
including, but not limited to,
emergency lighting projects, roof and
window replacement, tuckpointing, and
asbestos abatement.

$1,619,000 is to demolish and rebuild
the Willow River Activities Building.

Subd. 4.

Minnesota Correctional
Facility - Willow River 350,000

To purchase, furnish, equip, and
prepare foundation and utilities for a
new 24-bed prefabricated building.

Sec. 25. EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Subdivision 1.

To the commissioner of
employment and economic development or other
named agency for the purposes
specified in this section 180,165,000

Subd. 2.

State Match for
Federal Grants 16,280,000

(a) To the public facilities authority:

(1) to match federal grants to the
water pollution control revolving fund
under Minnesota Statutes, section
446A.07; and

(2) to match federal grants to the
drinking water revolving fund under
Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.081.

(b) The expenditure and allocation of
state matching money between funds
described in paragraph (a), clauses (1)
and (2), must be based on the amount of
federal money appropriated to the funds.

(c) This appropriation must be used for
qualified capital projects.

Subd. 3.

Minnesota Development
Account 10,000,000

For transfer to the redevelopment
account created in Minnesota Statutes,
section 116J.571.

Subd. 4.

Wastewater Infrastructure
Funding Program 38,750,000

To the Public Facilities Authority for
the purposes specified in this
subdivision. $30,000,000 of this
appropriation is for grants and loans
to eligible municipalities under the
wastewater infrastructure program
established in Minnesota Statutes,
section 446A.072.

To the greatest practical extent, the
authority must use the funds for
projects on the 2004 project priority
list in priority order to qualified
applicants that submit plans and
specifications to the Pollution Control
Agency or receive a funding commitment
from USDA rural development before
December 1, 2005.

$600,000 of this appropriation is to
administer the wastewater
infrastructure program.

Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes,
section 446A.072, subdivision 5a,
$997,000 is for a grant to the
Garrison, Kathio, West Mille Lacs
Sanitary Sewer District for
construction of a wastewater collection
system connection to the Mille Lacs
wastewater treatment facility. This
appropriation is in addition to grants
made from other appropriations under
the WIF program.

$1,700,000 is for a grant to the
Central Iron Range Sanitary Sewer
District Authority to predesign and
design the necessary facilities to
collect, treat, and dispose of sewage
in the district, including a
pump-storage facility and a wind-energy
facility.

$4,950,000 is for a grant to the city
of Duluth for design and construction
of sanitary sewer overflow storage
facilities at selected locations in the
city of Duluth. This appropriation is
available when matched by $1 of money
secured or provided by the city of
Duluth for each $1 of state money.

$1,500,000 is for a grant to the city
of Two Harbors to acquire land for,
design, construct, furnish, and equip a
2,500,000 gallon equalization basin and
a chlorine-contact tank of at least
100,000 gallon capacity, adjacent to
the city's wastewater treatment plant.
The equalization basin is required
under the city's National Pollution
Discharge Elimination System permit.
This appropriation is not available
until the commissioner of finance
determines that $325,000 has been
committed to the project from nonstate
sources.

$....... is for a grant to the city of
Aurora to reconstruct its wastewater
treatment plant, damaged in an
explosion May 5, 2004.

Subd. 5.

Total Maximum
Daily Load Grants 1,000,000

To the public facilities authority for
total maximum daily load grants under
new Minnesota Statutes, section
446A.073.

Subd. 6.

University of Minnesota -
Mayo Clinic Biotechnology Research Facility 20,000,000

To the Board of Regents of the
University of Minnesota to purchase
three floors in the Stabile Building on
the Mayo Clinic Campus in Rochester.
The floors are to be used for
scientific research beneficial to
collaborative research efforts between
the University of Minnesota and the
Mayo Clinic. The three floors will be
owned by the University of Minnesota
and operated by the Mayo Clinic through
a use agreement approved by the
commissioner of finance subject to
Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695.

Subd. 7.

Greater Minnesota Business
Development Infrastructure Grant Program 14,000,000

For grants under Minnesota Statutes,
section 116J.431.

Subd. 8.

Broadband Infrastructure
Grant Program 1,000,000

For grants under new Minnesota
Statutes, section 116J.039.

Subd. 9.

Buffalo Lake -
Maintenance Garage and Street Repair 635,000

For a grant to the city of Buffalo Lake
to design, construct, furnish, and
equip a municipal maintenance garage
and reconstruct city streets damaged by
a tornado.

Subd. 10.

Burnsville -
Water Treatment Facility 3,000,000

To the public facilities authority for
a grant to the city of Burnsville to
design, construct, furnish, and equip a
water treatment facility that will
provide an additional potable water
source for the city of Burnsville using
water from the Burnsville quarry. This
appropriation is not available until
the commissioner of finance has
determined that at least $6,000,000 is
available in matching money from
nonstate sources. Amounts spent since
January 1, 2002, to plan, design, and
construct this project may be counted
as part of the nonstate match.

Subd. 11.

Crookston and Red Lake
Falls - Riverbank Protection 4,100,000

$3,500,000 is for the public facilities
authority to make a grant to the city
of Crookston to predesign, design, and
construct emergency riverbank
protection and erosion control measures
along the Red Lake River in the
vicinity of U.S. 2. For the purposes
of this appropriation, the criteria,
limitations, and repayment requirements
in Minnesota Statutes, sections
446A.07, 446A.072, and 446A.081, are
waived.

$600,000 is for the public facilities
authority to make a grant to the city
of Red Lake Falls to predesign, design,
and construct emergency riverbank
protection and erosion control measures
along the Red Lake River. For the
purposes of this appropriation, the
criteria, limitations, and repayment
requirements in Minnesota Statutes,
sections 446A.07, 446A.072, and
446A.081, are waived.

Subd. 12.

Detroit Lakes -
Regional Pavilion 500,000

For a grant to the city of Detroit
Lakes to renovate the Detroit Lakes
Regional Pavilion. This appropriation
is not available until the commissioner
has determined that at least an equal
amount has been committed from nonstate
sources.

Subd. 13.

Duluth

(a) Duluth Entertainment and
Convention Center Arena 1,500,000

For a grant to the Duluth Entertainment
and Convention Center for schematic
design, design, and construction
documents for a new Duluth arena.

(b) Lake Superior Zoo Master Plan 400,000

For a grant to the city of Duluth to
design and construct exhibits and
facility improvements at the Lake
Superior Zoo. This appropriation is
available when matched by $1 of money
secured or provided by the city of
Duluth for each $1 of state money.

Subd. 14.

Gaylord -
Multicultural Learning Center 375,000

For a grant to the city of Gaylord in
Sibley County to predesign, design,
construct, furnish, and equip the
Gaylord Multicultural and Lifelong
Learning Center. This appropriation is
not available until the commissioner
has determined that at least an equal
amount has been committed from nonstate
sources.

Subd. 15.

Laurentian Energy Authority -
Wood Yard 2,500,000

For a grant to the Laurentian Energy
Authority to construct a wood yard for
processing and prepping agricultural
biomass and forest-derived biomass wood
waste for biomass energy facilities.

Subd. 16.

Lewis and Clark
Rural Water System 2,000,000

To the public facilities authority for
grants to counties, rural water
systems, or municipalities served by
the Lewis and Clark Rural Water System
to acquire land, predesign, design,
construct, furnish, and equip one or
more rural water facilities that serve
southwestern Minnesota. The grants
must be awarded to projects approved by
the Lewis and Clark Joint Powers Board.

This appropriation is available only to
the extent matched by at least $1 of
local money to the system for each $1
of state money to the grant projects.

This appropriation is the first phase
of the state share of the local
commitment that includes $8 of federal
money for each $1 of state and $1 of
local money appropriated for the system.

Subd. 17.

Minneapolis

(a) Colin Powell Youth Leadership Center 2,000,000

For a grant to Hennepin County to
acquire land for and to design,
construct, furnish, and equip the Colin
Powell Youth Leadership Center in
Minneapolis, subject to Minnesota
Statutes, section 16A.695. The center
may include a National Guard drill
area, an education wing, including a
computer lab, a multipurpose arts
facility, a community education space,
a nutrition education and cooking
skills work-preparation area, and new
basketball courts.

This appropriation is not available
until the commissioner has determined
that all funds necessary to complete
the project are committed from nonstate
sources.

(b) Lowry Avenue Corridor -
Phase 1 1,500,000

For a grant to Hennepin County for
Phase I capital improvements to the
Lowry Avenue corridor from Girard
Avenue North to the I-94 bridge in
Minneapolis.

(c) Minnesota Planetarium 24,000,000

For a grant to the city of Minneapolis
to complete design and to construct,
furnish, and equip a new Minnesota
planetarium location in conjunction
with the Minneapolis downtown library.

(d) Minnesota Shubert Center 8,000,000

For a grant to the city of Minneapolis
to construct, furnish, and equip an
associated atrium to create the
Minnesota Shubert Center. The city of
Minneapolis may enter into a lease or
management agreement to operate the
center, subject to Minnesota Statutes,
section 16A.695.

Subd. 18.

Moorhead -
Heritage Hjemkomst Center 1,000,000

For a grant to the city of Moorhead for
asset preservation at the Heritage
Hjemkomst Center. The appropriation
must be used to predesign, design, and
construct replacement of the fabric
roof, replacement of the structural
support system for the hull of the
Viking ship Hjemkomst, and to install
security measures at the replica Stave
Kirke. This appropriation is not
available until the commissioner has
determined that at least an equal
amount has been committed from nonstate
sources.

Subd. 19.

Roseau -
Flood Damage Repair 10,000,000

To the public facilities authority for
grants to the city of Roseau to repair
damage caused by flooding within the
area designated under Presidential
Declaration of Major Disaster, DR-1419,
whether included in the original
declaration or added later by federal
government action. Projects may
include to predesign, design,
construct, and inspect replacement
water and sewer mains, streets,
sidewalks, curbs, gutters, and other
infrastructure damaged by flooding in
the area included in DR-1419, and to
construct, inspect, furnish, and equip
replaced and relocated facilities for
the city hall, auditorium, library,
museum, and police department damaged
as a result of flooding in the city
related to DR-1419.

For purposes of this appropriation,
criteria, limitations, and repayment
requirements in Minnesota Statutes,
sections 446A.07, 446A.072, and
446A.081, are waived.

Capital costs for these projects that
are incurred in calendar year 2004
after the effective date of this
subdivision are eligible for
reimbursement from the grants
authorized in this subdivision.

Subd. 20.

St. Cloud -
Civic Center Expansion 500,000

For a grant to the city of St. Cloud to
predesign the expansion of the St.
Cloud Civic Center. This appropriation
is not available until the commissioner
has determined that at least an equal
amount has been committed from nonstate
sources.

Subd. 21.

St. Paul

(a) Bioscience Corridor 5,000,000

For a grant to the city of St. Paul to
predesign, design, construct, furnish,
and equip transportation, development,
and redevelopment infrastructure
required to support bioscience
development in the St. Paul Bioscience
Corridor.

(b) Ordway Center for
the Performing Arts 8,000,000

For a grant to the city of St. Paul to
design, construct, furnish, and equip
the renovation of the Ordway Center for
the Performing Arts. The city of St.
Paul may operate a performing arts
center and may enter into a lease or
management agreement for the theater
subject to Minnesota Statutes, section
16A.695.

(c) Phalen Boulevard 4,000,000

For a grant to the city of St. Paul to
acquire land for right-of-way for
Phalen Boulevard and to construct
Phalen Boulevard between Interstate
Highway I-35E and Johnson Parkway.

Subd. 22.

Winona - Great River
Shakespeare Festival Theater 125,000

For a grant to the city of Winona to
predesign the Great River Shakespeare
Festival Theater in the city of
Winona. The predesign may include site
selection and economic feasibility and
impact analysis of the proposed theater.
The city may enter into a lease or
management agreement for the theater,
subject to Minnesota Statutes, section
16A.695. This appropriation is not
available until the commissioner has
determined that at least an equal
amount has been committed to the
project from nonstate sources.

Sec. 26. HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY 20,000,000

To the commissioner of the Housing
Finance Agency for loans and grants for
publicly owned permanent rental housing
under Minnesota Statutes, section
462A.202, subdivision 3a, for persons
who have been without a permanent
residence for at least 12 months or on
at least four occasions in the last
three years or are at significant risk
of lacking a permanent residence for at
least 12 months or on at least four
occasions in the last three years. The
housing must provide or coordinate with
linkages to services necessary for
residents to maintain housing stability
and maximize opportunities for
education and employment.
Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes,
section 462A.202, subdivision 3a, the
commissioner shall give equal
consideration to proposals for projects
serving individuals and those serving
families with children. Preference
among comparable proposals shall be
given to proposals for the acquisition
and rehabilitation of property.

Sec. 27. IRON RANGE RESOURCES AND
REHABILITATION BOARD 1,800,000

For a grant to the St. Louis and Lake
Counties Regional Railroad Authority to
complete construction of Mesabi Station
along the 132-mile recreational trail
known as Mesabi Trail and located on
Lake Mesabi at the intersection of U.S.
53 and U.S. 169 and marked Trunk
Highway 135. This appropriation is
dependent upon a matching contribution
of $800,000 from other sources, public
or private.

Sec. 28. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Subdivision 1.

To the Minnesota
Historical Society for the purposes
specified in this section 9,996,000

Subd. 2.

Historic Sites Asset
Preservation 7,167,000

For capital improvements and
betterments at state historic sites,
buildings, landscaping at historic
buildings, exhibits, markers, and
monuments. The society shall determine
project priorities as appropriate based
on need.

Subd. 3.

Fort Snelling Historic Site 1,979,000

To design, construct, furnish, and
equip the most urgent preservation
projects needed for historic Fort
Snelling.

Subd. 4.

Kelly Farm Land Acquisition 700,000

To acquire an interest in approximately
50 acres of land adjacent to the Oliver
Kelley Farm historic site to protect
historic resources and enhance
educational history programs.

Subd. 5.

Maplewood -
Brauentrup Farm Restoration 150,000

For a grant to the city of Maplewood to
complete restoration of the Bruentrup
Farm in Maplewood.

This appropriation is not available
until the commissioner of finance has
determined that at least an equal
amount has been committed to the
project from nonstate sources.

Sec. 29. BOND SALE EXPENSES 904,000

To the commissioner of finance for bond
sale expenses under Minnesota Statutes,
section 16A.641, subdivision 8.

Sec. 30.

Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 20,
article 1, section 15, is amended to read:

Sec. 15BOND SALE SCHEDULE

The commissioner of finance shall
schedule the sale of state general
obligation bonds so that, during the
biennium ending June 30, 2005, no more
than deleted text begin $673,625,000 deleted text end new text begin $657,760,000 new text end will
need to be transferred from the general
fund to the state bond fund to pay
principal and interest due and to
become due on outstanding state general
obligation bonds. During the biennium,
before each sale of state general
obligation bonds, the commissioner of
finance shall calculate the amount of
debt service payments needed on bonds
previously issued and shall estimate
the amount of debt service payments
that will be needed on the bonds
scheduled to be sold. The commissioner
shall adjust the amount of bonds
scheduled to be sold so as to remain
within the limit set by this section.
The amount needed to make the debt
service payments is appropriated from
the general fund as provided in
Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641.

Sec. 31. new text begin BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Bond proceeds fund. new text end

new text begin To provide the money
appropriated in this act from the bond proceeds fund, the
commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state
in an amount up to $886,560,000 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.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Maximum effort school loan fund. new text end

new text begin To provide the
money appropriated in this act from the maximum effort school
loan fund, the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue
bonds of the state in an amount up to $22,130,000 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. The proceeds of the
bonds, except accrued interest and any premium received on the
sale of the bonds, must be credited to a bond proceeds account
in the maximum effort school loan fund.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Transportation fund bond proceeds account. new text end

new text begin To
provide the money appropriated in this act from the state
transportation fund, the commissioner of finance shall sell and
issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $40,000,000 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. The
proceeds of the bonds, except accrued interest and any premium
received on the sale of the bonds, must be credited to a bond
proceeds account in the state transportation fund.
new text end

Sec. 32.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 16A.671,
subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Definitions.

As used in this section, the terms
defined in this subdivision have the meanings given them:

(a) "General fund" means all cash and investments from time
to time received and held in the treasury, except proceeds of
state bonds and amounts received and held in special or
dedicated funds created by the Constitution, or by or pursuant
to federal laws or regulations, or by bond or trust instruments,
pension contracts, or other agreements of the state or its
agencies with private persons, entered into under state law.

(b) "Maximum current cash flow requirement" means the
commissioner's written estimate of the largest of the amounts by
which, on a particular designated date in each month of the term
for which certificates are to be issued, the sum of (1) the
warrants then outstanding against the general fund plus (2)
deleted text begin those that must be drawn on the fund before the same date in the
following month, in payment of claims due for expenditure under
all appropriations and allotments, will exceed the amount of
cash or cash equivalent assets held in the general fund on the
first of these dates deleted text end new text begin an amount equal to five percent of the
actual working capital expenditures from the general fund in the
preceding fiscal year, will exceed the amount of cash or cash
equivalent assets held in the general fundnew text end , excluding the
proceeds of the certificates to be issued.

Sec. 33.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 116.182,
subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Applicability.

This section governs the
commissioner's certification of projects seeking financial
assistance under section 103F.725, subdivision 1adeleted text begin ,deleted text end new text begin ;new text end 446A.07deleted text begin , or deleted text end new text begin ;
new text end 446A.072new text begin ; or 446A.073new text end .

Sec. 34.

new text begin [116J.039] BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT
PROGRAM.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Definitions. new text end

new text begin (a) The definitions in this
subdivision apply to this section.
new text end

new text begin (b) "Broadband service" means a service to end-user
customers of video, voice, or data, or any combination of them,
at speeds of at least 256 kilobits per second, and in additional
increments of 256 kilobits per second.
new text end

new text begin (c) "City" means a statutory or home rule charter city
located outside the metropolitan area, as defined in section
473.121, subdivision 2.
new text end

new text begin (d) "Public infrastructure" means publicly owned physical
infrastructure necessary to support broadband development
projects, including, but not limited to, fiber optic cable,
coaxial cable, copper wire, conduit, wireless, and transmission
equipment.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Grant program established. new text end

new text begin The commissioner of
employment and economic development shall make grants to cities
for up to 80 percent of the capital costs of public
infrastructure necessary for an eligible broadband development
project. The city receiving a grant must provide for the
remainder of the costs of the project, either in cash, in kind,
or from the private sector. In-kind contributions may include
the value of the site, site preparation, and site improvements.
The purpose of the grants is to keep or enhance jobs in the area
by making businesses more competitive through the utilization of
broadband services.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Eligible projects. new text end

new text begin Grants must be provided to
cities to support the construction of broadband service
infrastructure. The infrastructure must be capable of
transmitting video, voice and data at speeds of at least 256
kilobits per second. The infrastructure must be used in
partnership with a private service provider.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Application. new text end

new text begin The commissioner must develop
forms and procedures for soliciting and reviewing applications
for grants under this section. At a minimum, a city must
include in its application a resolution of the city council
certifying that the required local match is available and that
the city will not be the managing operator of the
infrastructure. The commissioner must evaluate complete
applications for eligible projects using the following criteria:
new text end

new text begin (1) the project must be an eligible project as defined
under subdivision 3;
new text end

new text begin (2) the applicant has conducted a market analysis to
identify the demand for broadband services;
new text end

new text begin (3) the applicant has provided evidence that the service is
not currently available in their community;
new text end

new text begin (4) the applicant has provided written notice of the
application to incumbent service providers in broadband service
areas adjacent to the proposed new service area with evidence of
the notification included in the application;
new text end

new text begin (5) the applicant has included community efforts that will
be used to maximize broadband utilization by the business,
health care, educational, and governmental sectors of the
applicant community;
new text end

new text begin (6) the applicant has conducted a feasibility study to
demonstrate that the broadband services are economically viable
and self-supporting; and
new text end

new text begin (7) the project will create or maintain full-time jobs.
new text end

new text begin The determination of whether to make a grant for a site is
within the discretion of the commissioner, subject to this
section. The commissioner's decisions must be made not to favor
or preclude any feasible technology. The commissioner's
decisions and application of the priorities are not subject to
judicial review, except for abuse of discretion.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Maximum grant amount. new text end

new text begin A city may receive no
more than a total of $200,000 in grants made under this section
in two consecutive years for one or more projects.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 6. new text end

new text begin Cancellation of grant; return of grant
money. new text end

new text begin If after three years from the date of the grant, the
commissioner determines that a project has not proceeded in a
timely manner and is unlikely to be completed, the commissioner
must cancel the grant and require the grantee to return all
grant money awarded for that project.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 7. new text end

new text begin Appropriation. new text end

new text begin Grant money returned to the
commissioner is appropriated to the commissioner to make
additional grants under this section.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 8. new text end

new text begin Priority. new text end

new text begin The commissioner must give a higher
priority to projects that have a local contribution of greater
than 20 percent of the cost of a project.
new text end

Sec. 35.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 116J.571, is
amended to read:

116J.571 CREATION OF ACCOUNTS.

Two deleted text begin greater Minnesota deleted text end redevelopment accounts are created,
one in the general fund and one in the bond proceeds fund.
Money in the accounts may be used to make grants as provided in
section 116J.575. Money in the bond proceeds fund may only be
used for eligible costs for publicly owned property. Money in
the general fund may be used to pay for the commissioner's costs
in reviewing the applications.

Sec. 36.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 116J.572,
subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Development authority.

"Development authority"
includes a statutory or home rule charter city, county, housing
and redevelopment authority, economic development authority, or
port authority deleted text begin located outside the seven-county metropolitan
area, as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2deleted text end .

Sec. 37.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 116J.573,
subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Accounts.

Criteria for use of the
accounts created in section 116J.571 must be consistent with and
promote the purposes of sections 116J.571 to 116J.575. They
include, but are not limited to:

(1) creating and preserving living wage jobs deleted text begin in greater
Minnesotadeleted text end ;

(2) creating incentives for communities to include a full
range of housing opportunities;

(3) creating incentives for all communities to implement
compact, efficient, and mixed-use development; and

(4) creating incentives to assist communities in
maintaining a unique sense of place by preserving local,
cultural assets.

Sec. 38.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 116J.573,
subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Projects.

To be eligible for funding by the
deleted text begin greater Minnesota deleted text end redevelopment account, a project must:

(1) interrelate redevelopment with other public investments
in transportation, housing, schools, energy, utilities
information infrastructure, and other public services;

(2) interrelate affordable housing and employment growth
areas;

(3) intensify land use that leads to more compact
redevelopment;

(4) involve redevelopment that mixes incomes of residents
in housing, including introducing or reintroducing higher value
housing in lower income areas to achieve a mix of housing
opportunities;

(5) involve participation from citizens and the business
community in the planning and development of the proposed
redevelopment plan;

(6) encourage public infrastructure investments which
attract private sector redevelopment investment in commercial,
industrial, and residential properties adjacent to public
improvements, and provide project area residents with expanded
opportunities for private sector employment; or

(7) be sustainable at the local level and reduce the
probability of future requests for state development,
maintenance, or replacement assistance.

Sec. 39.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 116J.573,
subdivision 5, is amended to read:

Subd. 5.

Annual report.

The commissioner shall prepare
and submit to the legislature an annual report on the deleted text begin greater
Minnesota deleted text end redevelopment account. The report must include
information on the amount of money in the account, the amount
distributed, to whom the grants were distributed and for what
purposes, and an evaluation of the effectiveness of the projects
funded in meeting the policies and goals of the program.

Sec. 40.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 116J.575,
subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Commissioner discretion.

The commissioner
may make a grant for up to 50 percent of the eligible costs of a
project. new text begin The commissioner shall, in each grant cycle, make
grants so that at least 50 percent of the dollar value of grants
for that cycle are for projects located outside of the
seven-county metropolitan area as defined in section 473.121,
subdivision 2.new text end The determination of whether to make a grant for
a site is within the discretion of the commissioner, subject to
this section and sections 116J.571 to 116J.574 and available
unencumbered money in the deleted text begin greater Minnesota deleted text end redevelopment
account. The commissioner's decisions and application of the
priorities under this section are not subject to judicial
review, except for abuse of discretion.

Sec. 41.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 134.45, is
amended to read:

134.45 LIBRARY ACCESSIBILITY new text begin AND IMPROVEMENT new text end GRANTS.

Subdivision 1.

Application; definition.

Public library
jurisdictions may apply to the commissioner of education for
grants deleted text begin to improve deleted text end new text begin for improvements and new text end accessibility to their
library facilities. For the purposes of this section, "public
library jurisdictions" means regional public library systems,
regional library districts, cities, and counties operating
libraries under chapter 134.

Subd. 2.

Approval by commissioner.

The commissioner of
education, in consultation with the state Council on Disability,
may approve or disapprove applications under this section. The
grant money must be used deleted text begin only deleted text end to remove architectural barriers
from a building or sitenew text begin , to renovate or expand an existing
building for use as a library, or to construct a new library
buildingnew text end .

Subd. 3.

Application forms.

The commissioner of
education shall prepare application forms and establish
application dates.

Subd. 4.

Match.

A public library jurisdiction applying
for a grant under this section must match the grant with local
funds.

Subd. 5.

Qualificationnew text begin ; accessibility grantsnew text end .

A public
library jurisdiction may apply for a grant in an amount up to
deleted text begin $150,000 deleted text end new text begin $200,000 new text end or 50 percent of the approved costs of
removing architectural barriers from a building or site,
whichever is less. Grants may be made only for projects in
existing buildings used as a library, or to prepare another
existing building for use as a library. Renovation of an
existing building may include an addition to the building if the
additional space is necessary to provide accessibility or if
relocating public spaces to the ground level provides improved
overall accessibility. Grants must not be used to pay part of
the cost of meeting accessibility requirements in a new building.

Subd. 5a.

Prohibition on pornographic use of internet.

A
public library jurisdiction is not eligible for a grant under
this section unless it has adopted a policy to prohibit library
users from using the library's Internet access to view, print,
or distribute material that is obscene within the meaning of
section 617.241.

new text begin Subd. 5b. new text end

new text begin Qualification; improvement grants. new text end

new text begin A public
library jurisdiction may apply for a grant in an amount up to
$1,000,000 or 50 percent, whichever is less, of the approved
costs of renovating or expanding an existing library building,
or to construct a new library building.
new text end

Subd. 6.

Award of grants.

The commissioner, in
consultation with the state Council on Disability, shall examine
and consider all applications for grants. If a public library
jurisdiction is found not qualified, the commissioner shall
promptly notify it. The commissioner shall prioritize grants on
the following bases: the degree of collaboration with other
public or private agencies, the public library jurisdiction's
tax burden, the long-term feasibility of the project, the
suitability of the project, and the need for the project. If
the total amount of the applications exceeds the amount that is
or can be made available, the commissioner shall award grants
according to the commissioner's judgment and discretion and
based upon a ranking of the projects according to the factors
listed in this subdivision. The commissioner shall promptly
certify to each public library jurisdiction the amount, if any,
of the grant awarded to it.

Subd. 7.

Project budget.

A public library jurisdiction
that receives a grant must provide the commissioner with the
project budget and any other information the commissioner
requests.

Sec. 42.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 136F.60, is
amended by adding a subdivision to read:

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Disposition of surplus property. new text end

new text begin (a) The board
may declare state lands under its control that are no longer
needed by the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system
to be surplus and may offer for public sale or otherwise dispose
of the lands in a manner consistent with the procedures set
forth in sections 94.10 to 94.14 for disposition of state lands
by the commissioner of administration.
new text end

new text begin (b) Proceeds from the sale or disposition of land under
this subdivision, after paying all expenses incurred in selling
or disposing of the land and then paying any amounts due under
section 16A.695, are appropriated to the board.
new text end

Sec. 43.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 174.52, is
amended by adding a subdivision to read:

new text begin Subd. 4a. new text end

new text begin Rural road safety account; appropriation. new text end

new text begin (a)
A rural road safety account is established in the local road
improvement fund. Money in the account is annually appropriated
to the commissioner of transportation for expenditure as
specified in this subdivision. Money in the account must be
used as grants to counties to assist in paying the costs of
capital improvement projects on county state-aid highways that
are intended primarily to reduce traffic crashes, deaths,
injuries, and property damage.
new text end

new text begin (b) The commissioner shall establish procedures for
counties to apply for grants from the rural road safety account
and criteria to be used to select projects for funding. The
commissioner shall establish these procedures and criteria in
consultation with representatives appointed by the Association
of Minnesota Counties. Eligibility for project selection must
be based on the ability of each proposed project to reduce the
frequency and severity of crashes.
new text end

new text begin (c) Money in the account must be allocated in each fiscal
year as follows:
new text end

new text begin (1) one-half of money in the account must be used for
projects in the counties of Anoka, Chisago, Carver, Dakota,
Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington; and
new text end

new text begin (2) the remainder must be used for projects elsewhere in
the state.
new text end

Sec. 44.

new text begin [446A.073] TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD GRANTS.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Program established. new text end

new text begin The authority must
make grants to municipalities to cover one-half the cost of
wastewater treatment projects made necessary by wasteload
reductions under total maximum daily load plans required by
section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act, United States
Code, title 33, section 1313(d).
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Grant application. new text end

new text begin Application for a grant must
be made to the authority on forms prescribed by the authority
for the total maximum daily load grant program, with additional
information as required by the authority. In accordance with
section 116.182, the Pollution Control Agency shall:
new text end

new text begin (1) calculate the essential project component percentage,
which must be multiplied by the total project cost to determine
the eligible project cost; and
new text end

new text begin (2) review and certify approved projects to the authority.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Project priorities. new text end

new text begin When money is appropriated
for grants under this program, the authority shall reserve money
for projects in the order that their total maximum daily load
plan was approved by the United States Environmental Protection
Agency and in an amount based on their most recent cost
estimates submitted to the authority or the as-bid costs,
whichever is less.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Grant approval. new text end

new text begin The authority must make a grant
to a municipality, as defined in section 116.182, subdivision 1,
only after:
new text end

new text begin (1) the commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control
Agency has certified to the United States Environmental
Protection Agency a total maximum daily load plan for identified
waters of this state that includes a point source wasteload
allocation;
new text end

new text begin (2) the Environmental Protection Agency has approved the
plan;
new text end

new text begin (3) a municipality affected by the plan has estimated the
cost to it of wastewater treatment projects necessary to comply
with the point source wasteload allocation;
new text end

new text begin (4) the Pollution Control Agency has approved the cost
estimate; and
new text end

new text begin (5) the authority has determined that the additional
financing necessary to complete the project has been committed
from other sources.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Grant disbursement. new text end

new text begin Disbursement of a grant
must be made for eligible project costs as incurred by the
municipality and in accordance with a project financing
agreement and applicable state and federal laws and rules
governing the payments.
new text end

Sec. 45.

new text begin [641.015] REGIONAL ADULT DETENTION FACILITY;
AUTHORITY OF COUNTIES TO ENTER INTO JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT.
new text end

new text begin Notwithstanding section 387.11 or any law to the contrary,
a group of two or more counties may enter into a joint powers
agreement under section 471.59 to construct and operate a
regional adult detention facility to serve multiple counties and
house criminal offenders preconviction or postconviction, or
both.
new text end

Sec. 46.

Laws 2000, chapter 492, article 1, section 7,
subdivision 21, is amended to read:

Subd. 21.

Harbor of Refuge at Two Harbors 1,000,000

To develop the harbor of refuge and
marina at Two Harbors, including public
access improvements, marina slips,
parking facilities, utilities, a fuel
dock, and an administration building.

This appropriation is not available
until the commissioner has determined
that at least $500,000 has been
committed from federal
sources. new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota
Statutes, section 16A.642, this
appropriation and its corresponding
bond authorization do not cancel until
June 30, 2006.
new text end

Sec. 47.

Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 13, subdivision
7, as amended by Laws 2002, chapter 400, section 13, is amended
to read:

Subd. 7.

Health, Agriculture, and Human
Services Office and Parking Facilities

The commissioner of administration may
enter into one or more long-term
lease-purchase agreements with the St.
Paul port authority or any other
governmental entity, for terms of up to
25 years, for the development of office
and parking facilities in St. Paul for
the departments of health, agriculture,
and human services. The commissioner
must submit each agreement to the
legislative commission on planning and
fiscal policy for its recommendation.
If the commission does not provide the
commissioner with a recommendation
within 30 days of receiving the
agreement, the recommendation is
considered to be positive. A
recommendation is advisory only. The
lease-purchase agreements are exempt
from Minnesota Statutes, sections
15.50, subdivision 2, paragraph (e);
and 16B.24, subdivisions 6 and 6a. The
lease-purchase agreements must not be
terminated except for nonappropriation
of money. The lease-purchase
agreements must provide the state with
a unilateral right to purchase the
leased premises at specified times for
specified amounts. The office facility
for the department of human services
must not have more gross square feet of
space than the department occupies as
of the effective date of this section
for offices that will be moved to the
new facility. new text begin The parking facility for
the Department of Human Services must
include at least 14 spaces for
employees of the St. Paul Fire
Department to lease at rates comparable
to those for state employees.
new text end

Sec. 48.

Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 19, subdivision
2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Northwest Busway 20,000,000

To design and construct a new text begin portion of a
new text end busway in the northwest metropolitan
area deleted text begin between downtown Minneapolis and
Rogersdeleted text end . new text begin This appropriation may be used
to design all or a portion of the
busway from downtown Minneapolis to
Rogers along CSAH 81; to design,
construct, and equip up to 19 stations,
including 36 passenger shelters in
Minneapolis, Robbinsdale, and Crystal
as well as at Hennepin Technical
College and North Hennepin Community
College located in Brooklyn Park; to
acquire necessary rights-of-way in
Minneapolis, Robbinsdale, Crystal, and
Brooklyn Park to accommodate station
and park and ride locations, and
adjacent to CSAH 81 between Highway 100
and Brooklyn Boulevard to accommodate
queue jump lanes for buses; to design
and construct two park and ride
facilities adjacent to CSAH 81 at its
intersections with 63rd Avenue North
and with Brooklyn Boulevard; and to
design and construct queue jump lanes
between Highway 100 and Brooklyn
Boulevard.new text end This appropriation is
contingent on $12,000,000 from Hennepin
County new text begin for roadway design, property
acquisition, and road construction
between Lowry Avenue in Minneapolis and
Bass Lake Road in Crystal new text end and
$5,000,000 from the Metropolitan
Council for deleted text begin the project deleted text end new text begin fleet
acquisition and station equipmentnew text end .
deleted text begin Total funding from all sources may be
used for roadway design,
reconstruction, acquisition of land and
right-of-way, and to design, construct,
furnish, and equip transit stations and
park and rides.deleted text end new text begin To implement this
project, the Metropolitan Council has
the powers that Hennepin County has to
use new text end design-build under deleted text begin new deleted text end Minnesota
Statutes, sections 383B.158 to
383B.1586deleted text begin , may be used for implementing
this projectdeleted text end .

Sec. 49.

Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 20,
article 1, section 11, is amended to read:

Sec. 11HEALTH 775,000

new text begin For transfer to the Board of Trustees
of the Minnesota State Colleges and
Universities new text end to design deleted text begin and deleted text end new text begin ,new text end constructnew text begin ,
and equip new text end a community dental clinic at
Lake Superior Community College in
Duluth and designnew text begin ,new text end renovatenew text begin , and equip
new text end the deleted text begin Northwest Technical
College deleted text end new text begin Minnesota State Community and
Technical Colleges new text end dental hygiene
clinic in Moorhead, subject to
Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695.

Sec. 50. new text begin REENACTMENT.
new text end

new text begin Laws 2000, chapter 393, section 45, subdivisions 1 to 4,
are reenacted effective June 30, 2004.
new text end

Sec. 51. new text begin UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA; DULUTH PARKING.
new text end

new text begin The Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota is
encouraged to expand the parking facilities at the University of
Minnesota, Duluth campus through the purchase of land and
property from willing sellers.
new text end

Sec. 52. new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.
new text end

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

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APPROPRIATIONS AND RELATED LANGUAGE

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Section 1. new text begin CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS.
new text end

Sec. 3. MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND
UNIVERSITIES

Sec. 12. MINNESOTA ZOOLOGICAL
GARDEN

Sec. 14. CAPITOL AREA ARCHITECTURAL
AND PLANNING BOARD