HF 2900

as introduced - 82nd Legislature (2001 - 2002) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to capital investment; authorizing spending 
  1.3             to acquire and to better public land and buildings and 
  1.4             other public improvements of a capital nature; 
  1.5             providing for a grant to the city of St. Paul for the 
  1.6             construction of a high performance office building and 
  1.7             educational center designed and constructed 
  1.8             specifically with the health and safety of the 
  1.9             building's occupants in mind; authorizing issuance of 
  1.10            bonds; appropriating money. 
  1.11  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.12     Section 1.  [APPROPRIATION.] 
  1.13     $3,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund for 
  1.14  a grant to the city of St. Paul to partner with the American 
  1.15  Lung Association of Minnesota, a nonprofit health organization, 
  1.16  to acquire land in St. Paul, prepare a site, including any 
  1.17  contamination cleanup needed, predesign and design, and 
  1.18  construct a unique office building and learning center 
  1.19  incorporating the best standards in indoor air quality, energy 
  1.20  efficiency, resource use, human productivity and performance, 
  1.21  maintenance, and safety technology.  The healthy design building 
  1.22  will be a replicable national model for creating a healthy, 
  1.23  safe, and environmentally sound office environment with lower 
  1.24  life cycle costs than traditional commercial buildings.  The 
  1.25  state of Minnesota fully expects that both the city of St. Paul 
  1.26  and the state of Minnesota will share in the wealth of knowledge 
  1.27  gained by this private and public partnership. 
  1.28     Sec. 2.  [BOND SALE.] 
  2.1      To provide the money appropriated in section 1 from the 
  2.2   bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of finance shall sell and 
  2.3   issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $3,000,000 in the 
  2.4   manner, on the terms, and with the effect prescribed by 
  2.5   Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the 
  2.6   Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.  
  2.7      Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.8      This act is effective the day following final enactment.