HF 2077

as introduced - 83rd Legislature (2003 - 2004) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to capital improvements; authorizing the 
  1.3             issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for 
  1.4             Rochester Community and Technical College. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  [APPROPRIATION.] 
  1.7      $500,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to the 
  1.8   Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and 
  1.9   Universities to design the construction of an addition to the 
  1.10  Heintz Center to house the Rochester-area workforce center at 
  1.11  the Rochester Community and Technical College.  The design shall 
  1.12  address the integration of programs between the college and the 
  1.13  workforce center, and shall maximize the sharing of common 
  1.14  spaces.  The workforce center shall enter into a lease agreement 
  1.15  with the college for use of space in order for the college to 
  1.16  recover all associated operating costs for a period not less 
  1.17  than ten years upon completion of construction. 
  1.18     Sec. 2.  [BOND SALE.] 
  1.19     To provide the money appropriated in this act from the bond 
  1.20  proceeds fund, the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue 
  1.21  bonds of the state in an amount up to $500,000 in the manner, 
  1.22  upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota 
  1.23  Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota 
  1.24  Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7. 
  1.25     Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.1      Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following final 
  2.2   enactment.