HF 289

as introduced - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to public administration; providing a sales 
  1.3             tax rebate; providing a permanent procedure for tax 
  1.4             rebates; providing for deposit of tobacco settlement 
  1.5             proceeds; abolishing certain accounts; converting 
  1.6             capital project financing from general fund cash to 
  1.7             general obligation bonding; authorizing spending for 
  1.8             public purposes; authorizing spending to acquire and 
  1.9             to better public land and buildings and other public 
  1.10            improvements of a capital nature with certain 
  1.11            conditions; authorizing state bonds; appropriating 
  1.12            money; amending Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 27, 
  1.13            subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in 
  1.14            Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16A; repealing Minnesota 
  1.15            Statutes 1998, sections 16A.152, subdivision 2; and 
  1.16            16A.1521. 
  1.17  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.18                             ARTICLE 1 
  1.19                          SALES TAX REBATE 
  1.20     Section 1.  [STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.] 
  1.21     (a) The state of Minnesota derives revenues from a variety 
  1.22  of taxes, fees, and other sources, including the state sales tax.
  1.23     (b) It is fair and reasonable to refund the existing state 
  1.24  budget surplus in the form of a sales tax rebate. 
  1.25     (c) Information concerning the amount of sales tax paid at 
  1.26  various income levels is contained in the Minnesota tax 
  1.27  incidence report, which is written by the commissioner of 
  1.28  revenue and presented to the legislature according to Minnesota 
  1.29  Statutes, section 270.0682. 
  1.30     (d) It is fair and reasonable to use information contained 
  1.31  in the Minnesota tax incidence report to determine the 
  2.1   proportionate share of the sales tax rebate due each eligible 
  2.2   taxpayer since no effective or practical mechanism exists for 
  2.3   determining the amount of actual sales tax paid by each eligible 
  2.4   individual. 
  2.5      Sec. 2.  [SALES TAX REBATE.] 
  2.6      (a) By July 15, 1999, the commissioner of finance shall 
  2.7   certify to the commissioner of revenue the amount of revenues 
  2.8   available for rebate as determined from the June 30, 1999, fund 
  2.9   balance report. 
  2.10     (b) An individual who was eligible for a credit under Laws 
  2.11  1997, chapter 231, article 1, section 16, as amended by Laws 
  2.12  1997, First Special Session chapter 5, section 35, and Laws 
  2.13  1997, Third Special Session chapter 3, section 11, and Laws 
  2.14  1998, chapter 304, and Laws 1998, chapter 389, article 1, 
  2.15  section 3, and who filed for that credit on or before April 15, 
  2.16  1999, shall receive a portion of the amount certified in 
  2.17  paragraph (a) in the form of a sales tax rebate. 
  2.18     (c) The sales tax rebate for taxpayers who filed the claim 
  2.19  for credit authorized under Laws 1997, chapter 231, article 1, 
  2.20  section 16, as amended, as married filing joint or head of 
  2.21  household must be computed according to the following schedule: 
  2.22         Income                             Sales Tax Rebate
  2.23   less than $2,500                              $  384
  2.24   at least $2,500 but less than $5,000          $  489
  2.25   at least $5,000 but less than $10,000         $  509
  2.26   at least $10,000 but less than $15,000        $  570
  2.27   at least $15,000 but less than $20,000        $  621
  2.28   at least $20,000 but less than $25,000        $  663
  2.29   at least $25,000 but less than $30,000        $  708
  2.30   at least $30,000 but less than $35,000        $  756
  2.31   at least $35,000 but less than $40,000        $  796
  2.32   at least $40,000 but less than $45,000        $  837
  2.33   at least $45,000 but less than $50,000        $  884
  2.34   at least $50,000 but less than $60,000        $  949
  2.35   at least $60,000 but less than $70,000        $1,042
  2.36   at least $70,000 but less than $80,000        $1,128
  3.1    at least $80,000 but less than $90,000        $1,212
  3.2    at least $90,000 but less than $100,000       $1,303
  3.3    at least $100,000 but less than $120,000      $1,396
  3.4    at least $120,000 but less than $140,000      $1,588
  3.5    at least $140,000 but less than $160,000      $1,692
  3.6    at least $160,000 but less than $180,000      $1,794
  3.7    at least $180,000 but less than $200,000      $1,952
  3.8    $200,000 and over                             $2,000
  3.9      (d) The sales tax rebate for individuals who filed the 
  3.10  claim for credit authorized under Laws 1997, chapter 231, 
  3.11  article 1, section 16, as amended, as single or married filing 
  3.12  separately must be computed according to the following schedule: 
  3.13         Income                                 Sales Tax Rebate
  3.14   less than $2,500                              $  202
  3.15   at least $2,500 but less than $5,000          $  251
  3.16   at least $5,000 but less than $10,000         $  311
  3.17   at least $10,000 but less than $15,000        $  366
  3.18   at least $15,000 but less than $20,000        $  430
  3.19   at least $20,000 but less than $25,000        $  484
  3.20   at least $25,000 but less than $30,000        $  536
  3.21   at least $30,000 but less than $40,000        $  601
  3.22   at least $40,000 but less than $50,000        $  690
  3.23   at least $50,000 but less than $70,000        $  820
  3.24   $70,000 and over                              $1,000
  3.25     (e) "Income," for purposes of this section, is taxable net 
  3.26  income as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 290.01, 
  3.27  subdivision 22, and reported on the original return submitted to 
  3.28  claim the credit under Laws 1997, chapter 231, article 1, 
  3.29  section 16, as amended, or by subsequent adjustments to that 
  3.30  return made within the time limits specified in paragraph (h).  
  3.31  For an individual who was not a resident of Minnesota for the 
  3.32  entire year, the sales tax rebate equals the sales tax rebate 
  3.33  calculated under paragraph (c) or (d) multiplied by the 
  3.34  percentage determined pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 
  3.35  290.06, subdivision 2c, paragraph (e), as calculated on the 
  3.36  original return submitted to claim the credit under Laws 1997, 
  4.1   chapter 231, article 1, section 16, as amended, or by subsequent 
  4.2   adjustments to that return made within the time limits specified 
  4.3   in paragraph (h). 
  4.4      (f) Prior to payment, the commissioner of revenue shall 
  4.5   reduce the sales tax rebates calculated in paragraphs (c) and (d)
  4.6   proportionately to account for the amount of credits described 
  4.7   in Laws 1997, chapter 231, article 1, section 16, as amended, 
  4.8   that are paid on or after January 1, 1999, but before July 1, 
  4.9   1999, so that the amount of sales tax rebates payable under 
  4.10  paragraphs (c) and (d) do not exceed $1,070,000,000.  The 
  4.11  commissioner of revenue shall also increase or decrease all 
  4.12  sales tax rebates computed under this section by the percentage 
  4.13  that the amount of revenues available for rebate as certified by 
  4.14  the commissioner of finance deviate from $1,070,000,000 minus 
  4.15  the amount appropriated pursuant to section 3.  These 
  4.16  adjustments are not rules subject to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
  4.17  14. 
  4.18     (g) The commissioner of revenue may begin making sales tax 
  4.19  rebates by August 1, 1999.  Sales tax rebates not paid by 
  4.20  October 1, 1999, shall bear interest at the rate specified in 
  4.21  Minnesota Statutes, section 270.75. 
  4.22     (h) A sales tax rebate shall not be adjusted based on 
  4.23  changes to the return on which the claim for credit authorized 
  4.24  under Laws 1997, chapter 231, article 1, section 16, as amended, 
  4.25  made by order of assessment after April 15, 1999, or made by the 
  4.26  taxpayer that are filed with the commissioner of revenue after 
  4.27  April 15, 1999. 
  4.28     (i) Individuals who filed a joint claim for credit under 
  4.29  Laws 1997, chapter 231, article 1, section 16, as amended, shall 
  4.30  receive a joint sales tax rebate.  After the sales tax rebate 
  4.31  has been issued, but before the check has been cashed, either 
  4.32  joint claimant may request a separate check for one-half of the 
  4.33  joint sales tax rebate. 
  4.34     (j) The sales tax rebate is a "Minnesota tax law" for 
  4.35  purposes of Minnesota Statutes, section 270B.01, subdivision 8. 
  4.36     (k) The sales tax rebate is "an overpayment of any tax 
  5.1   collected by the commissioner" for purposes of Minnesota 
  5.2   Statutes, section 270.07, subdivision 5.  For purposes of this 
  5.3   paragraph, a joint sales tax rebate is payable to each spouse 
  5.4   equally. 
  5.5      (l) If the commissioner of revenue cannot locate an 
  5.6   individual entitled to a sales tax rebate by July 1, 2001, or if 
  5.7   an individual to whom a sales tax rebate was issued has not 
  5.8   cashed the check by July 1, 2001, the right to the sales tax 
  5.9   rebate shall lapse and the check shall be deposited in the 
  5.10  general fund. 
  5.11     (m) Individuals entitled to a sales tax rebate pursuant to 
  5.12  paragraph (b), but who did not receive one, and individuals who 
  5.13  receive a sales tax rebate that was not correctly computed, must 
  5.14  file a claim with the commissioner before July 1, 2000, in a 
  5.15  form prescribed by the commissioner.  These claims shall be 
  5.16  treated as if they are a claim for refund under Minnesota 
  5.17  Statutes, section 289A.50, subdivisions 4 and 7. 
  5.18     (n) The sales tax rebate is a refund subject to revenue 
  5.19  recapture under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 270A.  The 
  5.20  commissioner of revenue shall remit the entire refund to the 
  5.21  claimant agency, which shall, upon the request of the spouse who 
  5.22  does not owe the debt, refund one-half of the joint sales tax 
  5.23  rebate to the spouse who does not owe the debt. 
  5.24     (o) The amount necessary to make the sales tax rebates and 
  5.25  interest provided in this section are appropriated from the 
  5.26  general fund to the commissioner of revenue. 
  5.27     Sec. 3.  [APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  5.28     $1,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
  5.29  commissioner of revenue to administer the sales tax rebate for 
  5.30  fiscal year 1999.  Any unencumbered balance remaining on June 
  5.31  30, 1999, does not cancel but is available for expenditure by 
  5.32  the commissioner of revenue until June 30, 2001. 
  5.33     Sec. 4.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  5.34     Sections 1 to 3 are effective the day following final 
  5.35  enactment. 
  5.36                             ARTICLE 2 
  6.1                  AUTOMATIC REBATE IN ENACTED BUDGET 
  6.2      Section 1.  [16A.1522] [STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.] 
  6.3      (a) The state of Minnesota derives revenues from a variety 
  6.4   of taxes, fees, and other sources. 
  6.5      (b) The general fund state budget is enacted for a two-year 
  6.6   period based on a forecast of state revenues and authorized 
  6.7   spending.  The two-year biennial budget period begins July 1 of 
  6.8   odd-numbered years and ends June 30 of odd-numbered years. 
  6.9      (c) Section 2 is intended to require that any positive 
  6.10  unrestricted budgetary general fund balance in excess of 
  6.11  one-half of one percent of total general fund biennial revenues 
  6.12  at the close of the biennium be returned to the taxpayers of 
  6.13  Minnesota in the form of a rebate, payable at the end of the 
  6.14  budget period. 
  6.15     Sec. 2.  [16A.1523] [REBATE REQUIREMENTS.] 
  6.16     (a) If, on the basis of a forecast of general fund revenues 
  6.17  and expenditures in November of an even-numbered year or 
  6.18  February of an odd-numbered year, the commissioner of finance 
  6.19  projects that there will be a positive unrestricted budgetary 
  6.20  general fund balance at the close of the biennium that exceeds 
  6.21  one-half of one percent of total general fund biennial revenues, 
  6.22  the commissioner of finance shall designate the entire balance 
  6.23  as available for rebate to the taxpayers of Minnesota. 
  6.24     (b) If the commissioner of finance designates an amount for 
  6.25  rebate in either forecast, then the governor shall present a 
  6.26  plan to the legislature for rebating that amount to the 
  6.27  taxpayers of Minnesota.  The plan must provide for payments to 
  6.28  begin no later than August 15 of the odd-numbered year.  The 
  6.29  legislature must adopt or modify any plan presented by the 
  6.30  governor by April 15 of each odd-numbered year. 
  6.31     (c) In any odd-numbered year in which the legislature has 
  6.32  not enacted legislation to distribute a positive unrestricted 
  6.33  budgetary general fund balance, but such a positive balance in 
  6.34  excess of one-half of one percent of the total general fund 
  6.35  biennial revenues exists on June 30 of an odd-numbered year, the 
  6.36  entire positive balance must be refunded to the taxpayers of 
  7.1   Minnesota in the same manner as the preceding rebate. 
  7.2      (d) By July 15 of each odd-numbered year, the commissioner 
  7.3   of finance shall certify to the commissioner of revenue the 
  7.4   amount of revenues available for rebate as determined by 
  7.5   preliminary June 30 end-of-year fiscal analysis. 
  7.6      (e) If the amount of a positive unrestricted budgetary 
  7.7   general fund balance existing on June 30 of an odd-numbered year 
  7.8   is less than one-half of one percent of the total general fund 
  7.9   biennial revenues, the total amount of the positive balance 
  7.10  shall be deposited into the tax relief account. 
  7.11     (f) Amounts certified for rebate by the commissioner of 
  7.12  finance are appropriated from the general fund to the 
  7.13  commissioner of revenue for the sole purpose of making the 
  7.14  payments required by this section. 
  7.15     Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  7.16     Sections 1 and 2 are effective September 1, 1999. 
  7.17                             ARTICLE 3 
  7.18                       1999 REBATE FINANCING 
  7.19     Section 1.  [STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.] 
  7.20     (a) The 1999 rebate shall be calculated based on the 
  7.21  unrestricted general fund budgetary balance as of June 30, 1999, 
  7.22  as certified by the commissioner of finance. 
  7.23     (b) This legislation is intended to restore to the 
  7.24  unrestricted general fund budgetary balance certain money 
  7.25  allocated as a result of the November 1998 forecast of general 
  7.26  fund revenues and expenditures under the provisions of Laws 
  7.27  1998, chapter 389, article 9, section 2, and to remove from the 
  7.28  general fund, and deposit in a separate fund, certain payments 
  7.29  received by the state as settlement payments from the State of 
  7.30  Minnesota et al. vs. Phillip Morris et al. 
  7.31     Sec. 2.  [ABOLISHING TAX REFORM AND REDUCTION ACCOUNT.] 
  7.32     The tax reform and reduction account created in Laws 1998, 
  7.33  chapter 389, article 9, section 2, subdivision 2, clause (2), is 
  7.34  abolished.  The balance in the account shall revert to the 
  7.35  unrestricted general fund balance. 
  7.36     Sec. 3.  [TOBACCO SETTLEMENT PROCEEDS.] 
  8.1      (a) A tobacco settlement fund is established in the state 
  8.2   treasury.  Amounts in the fund are available only for purposes 
  8.3   authorized by appropriation by the legislature.  The governor 
  8.4   shall make recommendations to the legislature regarding use of 
  8.5   the money in the fund. 
  8.6      (b) The commissioner of finance shall deposit all 
  8.7   settlement payments received after July 1, 1998, as defined in 
  8.8   Section IIB of the settlement document, filed May 18, 1998, in 
  8.9   the State of Minnesota et al. vs. Phillip Morris et al., into 
  8.10  the tobacco settlement fund.  All other payments to the state 
  8.11  resulting from the specified litigation shall be deposited into 
  8.12  the state general fund. 
  8.13     Sec. 4.  [ABOLISH PROPERTY TAX REFORM ACCOUNT; PROVIDE FOR 
  8.14  APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  8.15     (a) Effective ........... the commissioner of finance shall 
  8.16  abolish the property tax reform account in the general fund that 
  8.17  was established under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.1521.  On 
  8.18  that date the commissioner of finance shall transfer all money 
  8.19  in the account to the general fund of the state treasury.  Money 
  8.20  transferred to the general fund under this paragraph are 
  8.21  unrestricted as to use or disposition. 
  8.22     (b) Abolishment of the account does not cancel a fiscal 
  8.23  year 1999, 2000, or 2001 appropriation in existing law that is 
  8.24  designated as being from the property tax reform account.  
  8.25  Instead, after the date specified in paragraph (a), fiscal year 
  8.26  1999, 2000, and 2001 appropriations in existing law that are 
  8.27  designated as being from the property tax reform account shall 
  8.28  remain in effect as to the amount and time, but shall be from 
  8.29  the general fund. 
  8.30     (c) However, beginning on the date specified in paragraph 
  8.31  (a), any appropriation in existing law, or transfer required 
  8.32  under existing law, that is either from the general fund and to 
  8.33  the property tax reform account or from the property tax reform 
  8.34  account and to the general fund, is canceled and shall be 
  8.35  disregarded. 
  8.36     Sec. 5.  [REPEALER.] 
  9.1      Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 16A.152, subdivision 2; 
  9.2   and 16A.1521, are repealed. 
  9.3      Sec. 6.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  9.4      Sections 1 to 5 are effective the day following final 
  9.5   enactment. 
  9.6                              ARTICLE 4 
  9.7                         CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 
  9.8      Section 1.  [STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.] 
  9.9      This legislation is intended to restore to the unrestricted 
  9.10  general fund budgetary balance certain money allocated as a 
  9.11  result of the November 1998 forecast of general fund revenues 
  9.12  and expenditures under the provisions of Laws 1998, chapter 389, 
  9.13  article 9, section 2, as amended by Laws 1998, chapter 408, 
  9.14  section 22. 
  9.15     Sec. 2.  [CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  9.16     The sums in the column under "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
  9.17  appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to the state agencies 
  9.18  or officials indicated, to be spent for public purposes 
  9.19  including to acquire and to better public land and buildings and 
  9.20  other public improvements of a capital nature, as specified in 
  9.21  this article.  Unless otherwise specified, the appropriations in 
  9.22  this article are available until the project is completed or 
  9.23  abandoned. 
  9.24                              SUMMARY
  9.25  UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA                          $  129,200,000
  9.26  MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES            15,960,000
  9.27  NATURAL RESOURCES                                     3,430,000
  9.28  PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY                          30,300,000
  9.29  TRANSPORTATION                                       81,000,000
  9.30  INDIAN AFFAIRS COUNCIL                                1,700,000
  9.31  TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT                      131,910,000
  9.32  MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY                          6,500,000
  9.33  BOND SALE EXPENSES                                      400,000
  9.34  CANCELLATIONS                                          (400,000)
  9.35  TOTAL                                            $  400,000,000
  9.36  Bond Proceeds Fund                                  370,000,000
 10.1   Transportation Fund                                  30,000,000
 10.2                                                    APPROPRIATIONS
 10.3                                                    $             
 10.4   Sec. 3.  UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA 
 10.5   Subdivision 1.  To the board of regents
 10.6   of the University of Minnesota for the 
 10.7   purposes specified in this section                  129,200,000
 10.8   Subd. 2.  Twin Cities - Minneapolis
 10.9   (a) Amundson Hall                                     1,250,000
 10.10  (b) Utility Infrastructure                            2,500,000
 10.11  (c) Folwell Hall Renovation                             690,000
 10.12  (d) Walter Digital Technology Center/Science
 10.13  and Engineering Library                              53,215,000
 10.14  Subd. 3.  Twin Cities - St. Paul
 10.15  (a) Gortner and Snyder Halls                          4,000,000
 10.16  (b) Greenhouse Renovation and Replacement               900,000
 10.17  (c) Peters Hall, Phase II                             6,950,000
 10.18  Subd. 4.  Women's Athletics Fields
 10.19  and Facilities                                        2,780,000
 10.20  Subd. 5.  Crookston Facility 
 10.21  Improvements                                          3,705,000
 10.22  (1) Early Child Development Center
 10.23  new construction; 
 10.24  (2) Knutson Hall remodeling; 
 10.25  (3) Owen Hall Addition remodeling; and 
 10.26  (4) University Teaching and Outreach 
 10.27  Center stable expansion. 
 10.28  Subd. 6.  Duluth
 10.29  (a) Library                                          20,850,000
 10.30  (b) Academic Space Renovation                           200,000
 10.31  Subd. 7.  Morris                                     27,760,000
 10.32  This project consists of four 
 10.33  components: 
 10.34  (1) an addition to the existing science 
 10.35  building; 
 10.36  (2) renovating of the science 
 10.37  auditorium/lecture hall; 
 10.38  (3) expansion of the heating plant; and 
 10.39  (4) an addition to the Physical 
 10.40  Education Center in partnership with 
 10.41  the Morris community. 
 10.42  Subd. 8.  Agricultural Experiment
 11.1   Stations                                              4,400,000
 11.2   (1) $2,600,000 for swine research 
 11.3   facilities at Morris and Waseca. 
 11.4   $200,000 of this appropriation is for a 
 11.5   low-input systems research facility at 
 11.6   Morris and $200,000 is for an extensive 
 11.7   confinement (including Swedish deep 
 11.8   bedded system) research facility at 
 11.9   Morris; 
 11.10  (2) $700,000 for the 
 11.11  Arboretum/Horticultural Research Center 
 11.12  laboratory in Victoria; 
 11.13  (3) $800,000 for Cloquet Forestry 
 11.14  Center dormitory remodeling; and 
 11.15  (4) $300,000 for Grand Rapids 
 11.16  Administration Building addition. 
 11.17  Sec. 4.  MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES 
 11.18  AND UNIVERSITIES
 11.19  Subdivision 1.  To the board of trustees 
 11.20  of the Minnesota state colleges and 
 11.21  universities for the purposes specified in 
 11.22  this section                                         15,960,000
 11.23  Subd. 2.  Mankato State University                   10,960,000
 11.24  Subd. 3.  Rochester Regional
 11.25  Recreation and Sports Center                          5,000,000
 11.26  Sec. 5.  NATURAL RESOURCES                            3,430,000
 11.27  To the commissioner of natural 
 11.28  resources for office facility 
 11.29  consolidation. 
 11.30  Sec. 6.  PUBLIC FACILITIES
 11.31  AUTHORITY
 11.32  Subdivision 1.  To the public
 11.33  facilities authority for the purposes
 11.34  specified in this section                            30,300,000
 11.35  Subd. 2.  Matching Money for
 11.36  Federal Grants                                       15,000,000
 11.37  Subd. 3.  Wastewater
 11.38  Infrastructure Program                               15,300,000
 11.39  Sec. 7.  TRANSPORTATION
 11.40  Subdivision 1.  To the
 11.41  commissioner of transportation for
 11.42  the purposes specified in this section               81,000,000
 11.43  Subd. 2.  Local Bridge
 11.44  Replacement and Rehabilitation                       30,000,000
 11.45  Subd. 3.  Transitways                                46,500,000
 11.46  Subd. 4.  Port Development
 11.47  Assistance                                            4,500,000
 11.48  Sec. 8.  INDIAN AFFAIRS COUNCIL                       1,700,000
 11.49  To the Indian affairs council for 
 12.1   construction of the Battle Point 
 12.2   Cultural and Education Center. 
 12.3   Sec. 9.  TRADE AND ECONOMIC
 12.4   DEVELOPMENT
 12.5   Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner
 12.6   of trade and economic development or other
 12.7   named official for the purposes specified
 12.8   in this section                                     131,910,000
 12.9   Subd. 2.  Minneapolis
 12.10  Convention Center                                    87,145,000
 12.11  Subd. 3.  Duluth Entertainment
 12.12  and Convention Center                                12,000,000
 12.13  Subd. 4.  Mayo Civic Center                           2,800,000
 12.14  Subd. 5.  St. Cloud Community
 12.15  Event Center                                          6,100,000
 12.16  Subd. 6.  Fergus Falls Convention
 12.17  Center                                                1,500,000
 12.18  Subd. 7.  Hutchinson Community
 12.19  Civic Center                                          1,000,000
 12.20  Subd. 8.  Humboldt Avenue Greenway
 12.21  Project                                               7,000,000
 12.22  Subd. 9.  Prairieland Expo                            3,000,000
 12.23  Subd. 10.  Montevideo Downtown
 12.24  Revitalization                                        1,500,000
 12.25  Subd. 11.  Paramount Arts District
 12.26  Regional Arts Center                                    750,000
 12.27  Subd. 12.  Veterans Memorial Performing
 12.28  Arts Amphitheater                                       315,000
 12.29  Subd. 13.  Brooklyn Center Earle Brown
 12.30  Heritage Center Restoration                           2,500,000
 12.31  Subd. 14.  Minnesota African-American
 12.32  Performing Arts Center                                2,250,000
 12.33  Subd. 15.  Phalen Corridor                            3,850,000
 12.34  Subd. 16.  Headwaters Science
 12.35  Center                                                  200,000
 12.36  Sec. 10.  MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
 12.37  Subdivision 1.  To the Minnesota
 12.38  Historical Society for the purposes
 12.39  specified in this section                             6,500,000
 12.40  Subd. 2.  Northwest Company Fur
 12.41  Post Interpretive Center                              1,500,000
 12.42  Subd. 3.  St. Anthony Falls
 12.43  Heritage Education Center                             4,000,000
 12.44  Subd. 4.  Humphrey Museum and
 12.45  Learning Center, Waverly                              1,000,000
 12.46  Sec. 11.  BOND SALE EXPENSES                            400,000
 12.47  To the commissioner of finance for bond 
 13.1   sale expenses under Minnesota Statutes, 
 13.2   section 16A.641, subdivision 8. 
 13.3      Sec. 12.  [PURPOSE.] 
 13.4      The purpose and use of appropriations in sections 3 to 11 
 13.5   of this article are for the same purpose and use for identical 
 13.6   projects as authorized in Laws 1998, chapter 404.  This act does 
 13.7   not change or limit the purpose and use of the appropriations 
 13.8   and related requirements in Laws 1998, chapter 404. 
 13.9      Sec. 13.  [BOND SALE AUTHORIZATIONS.] 
 13.10     Subdivision 1.  [BOND PROCEEDS FUND.] To provide the money 
 13.11  appropriated in this article from the bond proceeds fund, the 
 13.12  commissioner of finance, on request of the governor, shall sell 
 13.13  and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $370,000,000 in 
 13.14  the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by 
 13.15  Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the 
 13.16  Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7. 
 13.17     Subd. 2.  [TRANSPORTATION FUND.] To provide the money 
 13.18  appropriated in this article from the transportation fund, the 
 13.19  commissioner of finance, on request of the governor, shall sell 
 13.20  and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $30,000,000 in 
 13.21  the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by 
 13.22  Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the 
 13.23  Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.  The 
 13.24  proceeds of the bonds, except accrued interest and any premium 
 13.25  received on the sale of the bonds, must be credited to a bond 
 13.26  proceeds account in the state transportation fund. 
 13.27     Sec. 14.  Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 27, subdivision 
 13.28  1, is amended to read: 
 13.29     Subdivision 1.  [BOND PROCEEDS FUND.] To provide the money 
 13.30  appropriated in this act from the bond proceeds fund, the 
 13.31  commissioner of finance, on request of the governor, shall sell 
 13.32  and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to 
 13.33  $463,795,000 $105,145,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and 
 13.34  with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 
 13.35  16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article 
 13.36  XI, sections 4 to 7. 
 14.1      Sec. 15.  [CANCELLATION AND REDUCED AUTHORIZATION.] 
 14.2      $400,000 of the appropriation in Laws 1998, chapter 404, 
 14.3   section 26, for bond sale expense is canceled.  The bond sale 
 14.4   authorization in Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 27, subdivision 
 14.5   1, is reduced by $400,000. 
 14.6      Sec. 16.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 14.7      This article is effective the day after its final enactment.