HF 919

as introduced - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 02/09/2010 01:42am

A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; specifying information to be reported for local
capital improvement requests; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section
16A.86, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes
2008, section 16A.86, subdivision 3.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 16A.86, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Budget request.

A political subdivision that requests an appropriation of
state money for a local capital improvement project is encouraged to submit the request
to the commissioner of finance by July 15 of an odd-numbered year to ensure its full
consideration. The requests must be submitted in the form and with the supporting
documentation required by the commissioner of finance. All requests timely received by
the commissioner must be deleted text begin forwarded deleted text end new text begin submitted new text end to the legislature, along with deleted text begin agency
requests deleted text end new text begin the governor's recommendations, whether or not the governor recommends that a
request be funded new text end , by the deadline established in section 16A.11, subdivision 1.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 16A.86, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin Subd. 3a. new text end

new text begin Information provided. new text end

new text begin All requests for state assistance under this section
shall include the following information:
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new text begin (1) the name of the political subdivision that will own the capital project for which
state assistance is being requested;
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new text begin (2) the public purpose of the project;
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new text begin (3) the extent to which the political subdivision has or expects to provide local,
private, user financing, or other nonstate funding for the project;
new text end

new text begin (4) a list of the bondable activities that the project encompasses. Examples of
bondable activities are public improvements of a capital nature for land acquisition,
predesign, design, construction, and furnishing and equipping for occupancy;
new text end

new text begin (5) whether the project will require new or additional state operating subsidies;
new text end

new text begin (6) whether the governing body of the political subdivision requesting the project
has passed a resolution in support of the project and has established priorities for all
projects within its jurisdiction for which bonding appropriations are requested when
submitting multiple requests; and
new text end

new text begin (7) if the project requires a predesign under section 16B.335, whether the predesign
has been completed at the time the capital project request is submitted, and whether
the political subdivision has submitted the project predesign to the commissioner of
administration for review and approval.
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Sec. 3. new text begin REPEALER.
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new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 16A.86, subdivision 3, new text end new text begin is repealed.
new text end