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Conference Committee Report - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

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Introduction		Posted on 03/15/2006
1st Engrossment		Posted on 04/06/2006
2nd Engrossment		Posted on 04/11/2006
3rd Engrossment		Posted on 04/13/2006
4th Engrossment		Posted on 05/23/2006

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1.1 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON H. F. No. 2959
1.2 A bill for an act
1.3 relating to capital improvements; authorizing spending to acquire and better
1.4 public land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature with
1.5 certain conditions; establishing new programs and modifying existing programs;
1.6 authorizing sale of state bonds; appropriating money;amending Minnesota
1.7 Statutes 2004, sections 16A.11, subdivision 1; 16A.86, subdivisions 2, 4; 85.013,
1.8 by adding a subdivision; 123A.44; 123A.441; 123A.442; 123A.443; 136F.98,
1.9 subdivision 1; 446A.12, subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement,
1.10 sections 116.182, subdivision 2; 116J.575, subdivision 1; Laws 2000, chapter
1.11 492, article 1, section 7, subdivision 21, as amended; Laws 2002, chapter
1.12 393, section 19, subdivision 2; Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, sections 7,
1.13 subdivisions 14, 21; 19, subdivision 6; 20, subdivisions 2, 3; 23, subdivisions
1.14 3, 12; 27; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 16B;
1.15 85; 116J; 446A.
1.16 May 20, 2006
1.17 The Honorable Steve Sviggum
1.18 Speaker of the House of Representatives
1.19 The Honorable James P. Metzen
1.20 President of the Senate
1.21 We, the undersigned conferees for H. F. No. 2959 report that we have agreed upon
1.22 the items in dispute and recommend as follows:
1.23 That the Senate recede from its amendments and that H. F. No. 2959 be further
1.24 amended as follows:
1.25 Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

1.26 "Section 1. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS.
1.27 The sums shown in the column under "APPROPRIATIONS" are appropriated from
1.28 the bond proceeds fund, or another named fund, to the state agencies or officials indicated,
1.29 to be spent for public purposes. Appropriations of bond proceeds must be spent as
1.30 authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 5, paragraph (a), to acquire
1.31 and better public land and buildings and other public improvements of the capital nature,
1.32 or as authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 5, paragraphs (b) to (j),
2.1 or article XIV. Unless otherwise specified, the appropriations in this act are available until
2.2 the project is completed or abandoned subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642.
2.3 SUMMARY
2.4 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA $ 115,733,000
2.5 MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES 191,430,000
2.6 EDUCATION 17,200,000
2.7 MINNESOTA STATE ACADEMIES 2,534,000
2.8 PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION 1,051,000
2.9 NATURAL RESOURCES 100,704,000
2.10 POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY 17,300,000
2.11 BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES 7,900,000
2.12 AGRICULTURE 1,500,000
2.13 ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN 15,000,000
2.14 ADMINISTRATION 9,250,000
2.15 CAPITOL AREA ARCHITECTURAL AND PLANNING BOARD 2,400,000
2.16 MILITARY AFFAIRS 7,579,000
2.17 PUBLIC SAFETY 1,000,000
2.18 TRANSPORTATION 143,000,000
2.19 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL 55,962,000
2.20 HUMAN SERVICES 58,321,000
2.21 VETERANS HOMES BOARD 12,090,000
2.22 CORRECTIONS 61,065,000
2.23 EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 160,642,000
2.24 HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY 19,500,000
2.25 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY 5,672,000
2.26 BOND SALE EXPENSES 948,000
2.27 CANCELLATIONS (7,800,000)
2.28 TOTAL $ 999,980,000
2.29 Bond Proceeds Fund (General Fund Debt Service) 874,737,000
2.30 Bond Proceeds Fund (User Financed Debt Service) 50,343,000
2.31 Maximum Effort School Loan Fund 10,700,000
2.32 State Transportation Fund 71,000,000
2.33 General Fund 1,000,000
2.34 Bond Proceeds Cancellations (7,800,000)
2.35 APPROPRIATIONS
2.36 $

3.1 Sec. 2. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
3.2 Subdivision 1.To the Board of Regents of
3.3 the University of Minnesota for the purposes
3.4 specified in this section 115,733,000
3.5 Subd. 2.Higher education asset preservation
3.6 and replacement (HEAPR) 30,000,000
3.7 To be spent in accordance with Minnesota
3.8 Statutes, section 135A.046.
3.9 Subd. 3.Duluth Campus
3.10 Labovitz School of Business 15,333,000
3.11 To construct, furnish, and equip a new
3.12 building for the Labovitz School of Business
3.13 and Economics to include classrooms,
3.14 offices, teaching laboratories, student
3.15 services, administrative support services, and
3.16 utility upgrades.
3.17 Subd. 4.Twin Cities Campus
3.18 (a) Carlson School of Management 26,600,000
3.19 To design and construct a new facility to
3.20 include classrooms, teaching laboratories,
3.21 student services, administrative support
3.22 services, and office space for the Department
3.23 of Economics.
3.24 (b) Medical Biosciences Building Phase 1 and
3.25 utility upgrade 40,000,000
3.26 To design and construct a new medical
3.27 biosciences building to include research
3.28 laboratories, lab support facilities, faculty
3.29 offices, and support services. Necessary
3.30 utility upgrades are included.
3.31 Subd. 5.University Research Centers
3.32 (a) Cedar Creek Natural History Area, East
3.33 Bethel 500,000
4.1 To design, construct, furnish, and equip new
4.2 housing for students and faculty, including
4.3 visiting faculty and researchers.
4.4 (b) Cloquet Forestry Center Classroom Addition 500,000
4.5 To design, construct, furnish, and equip
4.6 an addition to the administration building
4.7 for offices, expanded classrooms, and
4.8 educational support services. Included are
4.9 HVAC upgrades.
4.10 (c) West Regional Outreach Center, Morris 2,500,000
4.11 To construct, furnish, and equip a facility for
4.12 the wind energy to hydrogen to anhydrous
4.13 ammonia pilot project
4.14 Subd. 6.Willmar, Minnesota Poultry Testing
4.15 Laboratory 300,000
4.16 For a grant to the Minnesota Poultry Testing
4.17 Laboratory in Willmar to design, construct,
4.18 furnish, and equip the renovation of the
4.19 laboratory to substantially improve the
4.20 laboratory's efficiency and ability to meeting
4.21 testing requirements and effectively serve its
4.22 expanding client base.
4.23 Subd. 7.Dakota County Technical College
4.24 Land Use
4.25 The Board of Regents of the University of
4.26 Minnesota is requested to continue the lease
4.27 of 105 acres at the Dakota County Technical
4.28 College for the period ending June 30, 2008,
4.29 at the annual rate of $54,000.
4.30 Subd. 8.University Share
4.31 Except for Higher Education Asset
4.32 Preservation and Replacement (HEAPR)
4.33 under subdivision 2, and the appropriation
4.34 under subdivision 6, the appropriations in this
4.35 section are intended to cover approximately
4.36 two-thirds of the cost of each project. The
5.1 remaining costs must be paid from university
5.2 sources.
5.3 Subd. 9.Unspent Appropriations
5.4 Upon substantial completion of a project
5.5 authorized in this section and after written
5.6 notice to the commissioner of finance, the
5.7 Board of Regents must use any money
5.8 remaining in the appropriation for that
5.9 project for HEAPR under Minnesota
5.10 Statutes, section 135A.046. The Board
5.11 of Regents must report by February 1 of
5.12 each even-numbered year to the chairs
5.13 of the house and senate committees with
5.14 jurisdiction over capital investments and
5.15 higher education finance, and to the chairs of
5.16 the house Ways and Means Committee and
5.17 the senate Finance Committee, on how the
5.18 remaining money has been allocated or spent.

5.19 Sec. 3. MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES
5.20 AND UNIVERSITIES
5.21 Subdivision 1.To the Board of Trustees of the
5.22 Minnesota State Colleges and Universities for
5.23 the purposes specified in this section 191,430,000
5.24 Subd. 2.Higher education asset preservation
5.25 and replacement 40,000,000
5.26 This appropriation is for the purposes
5.27 specified in Minnesota Statutes, section
5.28 135A.046.
5.29 Subd. 3.Alexandria Technical College
5.30 Law Enforcement Center 400,000
5.31 To design a new Law Enforcement Center
5.32 and related classroom renovation.
5.33 Subd. 4.Bemidji State University
5.34 Sattgast Hall 700,000
5.35 To design an addition to and renovation of
5.36 Sattgast Science Hall and to abate hazardous
5.37 materials.
6.1 Subd. 5.Century College
6.2 Science Instruction and Learning Resource
6.3 Center 19,900,000
6.4 To construct, furnish, and equip a new
6.5 science instruction and learning resource
6.6 center building on the east campus in Phase
6.7 1.
6.8 Subd. 6.Fond du Lac Tribal and Community
6.9 College
6.10 Library and Cultural Center 12,390,000
6.11 To construct, furnish, and equip an addition
6.12 and a renovation for a library and learning
6.13 resource center, and an addition for law
6.14 enforcement, nursing education, cultural
6.15 center, and related spaces.
6.16 Subd. 7.Inver Hills Community College
6.17 Fine Arts Building 700,000
6.18 To design a classroom addition to and
6.19 renovation of the Fine Arts building.
6.20 Subd. 8.Lake Superior Community and
6.21 Technical College
6.22 Health and Science Center 420,000
6.23 To design a two-phased project to construct
6.24 a health and science center addition and to
6.25 renovate existing spaces.
6.26 Subd. 9.Metropolitan State University
6.27 (a) Smart Classroom Center 300,000
6.28 To design two floors of technology-enhanced
6.29 classrooms and academic offices above the
6.30 power plant.
6.31 (b) Law Enforcement Center 350,000
6.32 To design, in cooperation with Minneapolis
6.33 Community and Technical College, a joint
6.34 law enforcement skills training facility
7.1 for all metro area public higher education
7.2 institutions, to be located on the campus of
7.3 Hennepin Technical College in Brooklyn
7.4 Park.
7.5 Subd. 10.Minneapolis Community and
7.6 Technical College
7.7 Science and Allied Health Training Center 18,874,000
7.8 To complete the design of and to renovate,
7.9 furnish, and equip spaces for science,
7.10 nursing, and allied healthcare programs
7.11 to include classrooms, laboratories, and
7.12 ancillary spaces, in cooperation with
7.13 Metropolitan State University. To renovate,
7.14 furnish, and equip science laboratories in
7.15 Kopp Hall for general classroom instruction.
7.16 Subd. 11.Minnesota State College -
7.17 Southeast Technical College, Red Wing
7.18 Learning Resource Center and Student Services 4,855,000
7.19 To complete design and to renovate, furnish,
7.20 and equip spaces for a library, learning
7.21 resource center, information technology,
7.22 student services and commons, bookstore,
7.23 administration, music instrument repair, and
7.24 allied health classrooms and laboratories,
7.25 and to construct an entryway addition.
7.26 Subd. 12. Minnesota State University
7.27 Mankato
7.28 Trafton Hall, Phase 1 32,900,000
7.29 To construct, furnish, and equip an addition
7.30 to Trafton Hall for classrooms, science
7.31 laboratories, and related offices, and to
7.32 construct, furnish, and equip renovations to
7.33 Trafton Hall North in Phase 1 to consolidate
7.34 all engineering departments. University
7.35 funds may be added to this appropriation up
7.36 to a total project cost of $33,250,000.
8.1 Subd. 13.Minnesota State University,
8.2 Moorhead
8.3 (a) Lommen Hall 300,000
8.4 To design the renovation of Lommen Hall
8.5 and design construction of an addition to the
8.6 basement.
8.7 (b) MacLean Hall renovation 9,680,000
8.8 To renovate, furnish, and equip MacLean
8.9 Hall for classrooms, laboratories, and related
8.10 offices, and construct a new stairwell.
8.11 Subd. 14.Normandale Community College
8.12 Fine Arts Building 5,125,000
8.13 To design, construct, furnish, and equip
8.14 an addition to the Fine Arts Building and
8.15 the renovation of the Fine Arts Building to
8.16 provide classrooms, laboratories, and, in
8.17 cooperation with Minnesota State University,
8.18 Mankato, a teacher preparation department.
8.19 The project will also design an addition to the
8.20 Health and Wellness Building and renovation
8.21 of the building.
8.22 Subd. 15.North Hennepin Community
8.23 College
8.24 Center for Business and Technology 350,000
8.25 To design a Business and Technology
8.26 Building addition and the renovation of the
8.27 Career and Continuing Education Building.
8.28 Subd. 16.Northland Community and
8.29 Technical College, East Grand Forks
8.30 Nursing, Health Care, and Learning Resources
8.31 Center 300,000
8.32 To design a nursing addition and renovation
8.33 of spaces for allied health laboratories,
8.34 library, learning resource center, student
8.35 commons, bookstore, classrooms, ancillary
8.36 spaces, and boiler system expansion.
9.1 Subd. 17.Northeast Higher Education
9.2 District, Mesabi Range Community and
9.3 Technical College, Eveleth
9.4 Technical Laboratory Building 300,000
9.5 To design shop space to house the Industrial
9.6 Mechanical Technology and Carpentry
9.7 programs, renovate existing space for
9.8 restrooms that comply with the Americans
9.9 with Disabilities Act, and replace the boiler,
9.10 piping, and ventilation.
9.11 Subd. 18. St. Cloud State University
9.12 (a) Robert A. Wick Science Building 14,000,000
9.13 To design, construct, furnish, and equip an
9.14 addition to and renovation of the Robert
9.15 A. Wick Science Building for classrooms,
9.16 science laboratories, and related offices in
9.17 Phase 1.
9.18 (b) Riverview Hall Renovation 4,500,000
9.19 To design, renovate, furnish, and
9.20 equip Riverview Hall for general and
9.21 technology-enhanced classrooms and
9.22 ancillary spaces.
9.23 Subd. 19.St. Paul College
9.24 Transportation and Applied Technology
9.25 Laboratories and Shops 3,000,000
9.26 To design renovation of classrooms, the
9.27 transportation and applied technology and
9.28 trades laboratories on the ground floor, to
9.29 design construction of an expansion of the
9.30 truck mechanics shop, and to design and
9.31 construct the replacement of the campus
9.32 electrical distribution system in Phase 1.
9.33 Subd. 20.Southwest Minnesota State
9.34 University
9.35 Science and Hotel and Restaurant Laboratories 300,000
9.36 To design renovation of laboratories in
9.37 the Science and Technology Building,
10.1 laboratories and a classroom in the Science
10.2 and Math Building, and hotel and restaurant
10.3 industries teaching laboratories in the
10.4 Individualized Learning Center.
10.5 Subd. 21.Winona State University
10.6 (a) Maxwell Hall renovation 11,186,000
10.7 To design, renovate, furnish, and equip
10.8 Maxwell Hall for classrooms, offices, a
10.9 National Child Protection Center and related
10.10 spaces and to design, renovate, furnish, and
10.11 equip vacated spaces in Somsen, Phelps, and
10.12 Gildemeister Halls.
10.13 (b) Memorial Hall Design 400,000
10.14 To design an addition to Memorial Hall and
10.15 renovation of vacated spaces at Gildemeister
10.16 Hall. The board may use nonstate funds for
10.17 the remainder of the cost of the design up to
10.18 a total cost of $785,000.
10.19 Subd. 22. Systemwide Initiatives
10.20 (a) Demolition 1,660,000
10.21 To demolish obsolete buildings or portions
10.22 of buildings on campuses statewide. This
10.23 appropriation may be used at the following
10.24 campuses: Minnesota West Community
10.25 and Technical College, Canby; Riverland
10.26 Community College, Austin; Southwest
10.27 Minnesota State University; St. Cloud State
10.28 University; and Winona State University.
10.29 (b) Science labs and workforce initiatives 5,140,000
10.30 To renovate, furnish, and equip teaching
10.31 laboratories and classrooms for science and
10.32 applied technology at campuses statewide.
10.33 Campuses may use nonstate funds to increase
10.34 the size of the projects. This appropriation
10.35 may be used at the following campuses:
10.36 Central Lakes College, Brainerd; Minnesota
11.1 State College, Southeast Technical,
11.2 Winona; Minnesota State Community and
11.3 Technical College, Moorhead and Detroit
11.4 Lakes; Minnesota West Community and
11.5 Technical College, Granite Falls; Northland
11.6 Community and Technical College, Thief
11.7 River Falls; Northwest Technical College,
11.8 Bemidji, Pine Technical College; Riverland
11.9 Community College, Austin; and South
11.10 Central College, Faribault.
11.11 (c) Property Acquisition 3,400,000
11.12 To acquire real property adjacent to the state
11.13 college and university campuses or within
11.14 the boundaries of the campus master plan.
11.15 This appropriation may be used at St. Cloud
11.16 Technical College.
11.17 Subd. 23. Debt service
11.18 (a) The board shall pay the debt service on
11.19 one-third of the principal amount of state
11.20 bonds sold to finance projects authorized
11.21 by this section, except for higher education
11.22 asset preservation and replacement and the
11.23 design of Memorial Hall at Winona State
11.24 University, except that, where a nonstate
11.25 match is required, the debt service is due on
11.26 a principal amount equal to one-third of the
11.27 total project cost, less the match committed
11.28 before the bonds are sold. After each sale of
11.29 general obligation bonds, the commissioner
11.30 of finance shall notify the board of the
11.31 amounts assessed for each year for the life
11.32 of the bonds.
11.33 (b) The commissioner shall reduce the
11.34 board's assessment each year by one-third of
11.35 the net income from investment of general
11.36 obligation bond proceeds in proportion to the
12.1 amount of principal and interest otherwise
12.2 required to be paid by the board. The board
12.3 shall pay its resulting net assessment to the
12.4 commissioner of finance by December 1 each
12.5 year. If the board fails to make a payment
12.6 when due, the commissioner of finance
12.7 shall reduce allotments for appropriations
12.8 from the general fund otherwise available
12.9 to the board and apply the amount of the
12.10 reduction to cover the missed debt service
12.11 payment. The commissioner of finance
12.12 shall credit the payments received from the
12.13 board to the bond debt service account in
12.14 the state bond fund each December 1 before
12.15 money is transferred from the general fund
12.16 under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641,
12.17 subdivision 10.
12.18 Subd. 24.Unspent Appropriations
12.19 (a) Upon substantial completion of a project
12.20 authorized in this section and after written
12.21 notice to the commissioner of finance, the
12.22 Board of Trustees must use any money
12.23 remaining in the appropriation for that
12.24 project for HEAPR under Minnesota
12.25 Statutes, section 135A.046. The Board
12.26 of Trustees must report by February 1 of
12.27 each even-numbered year to the chairs
12.28 of the house and senate committees with
12.29 jurisdiction over capital investments and
12.30 higher education finance, and to the chairs of
12.31 the house Ways and Means Committee and
12.32 the senate Finance Committee, on how the
12.33 remaining money has been allocated or spent.
12.34 (b) The unspent portion of an appropriation
12.35 for a project in this section that is complete,
12.36 is available for higher education asset
13.1 preservation and replacement under this
13.2 subdivision, at the same campus as the
13.3 project for which the original appropriation
13.4 was made and the debt service requirement
13.5 under subdivision 23 is reduced accordingly.
13.6 Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, applies
13.7 from the date of the original appropriation to
13.8 the unspent amount transferred.

13.9 Sec. 4. MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF
13.10 EDUCATION 17,200,000
13.11 Subdivision 1.To the commissioner of
13.12 education for the purposes specified in this
13.13 section.
13.14 Subd. 2.Independent School District No.
13.15 707, Nett Lake 10,700,000
13.16 This appropriation is from the maximum
13.17 effort school loan fund for a capital loan to
13.18 Independent School District No. 707, Nett
13.19 Lake, as provided in Minnesota Statutes,
13.20 sections 126C.60 to 126C.72, to design,
13.21 construct, furnish, and equip renovation
13.22 of the elementary school and construction
13.23 of a new facility to house Head Start, day
13.24 care, youth programs, a community medical
13.25 clinic, and K-6 education. The commissioner
13.26 and Independent School District No. 707,
13.27 Nett Lake, shall report to the legislature by
13.28 January 10, 2007, on the progress of the
13.29 capital loan.
13.30 Subd. 3.Library improvement grants 1,000,000
13.31 For library improvement grants under
13.32 Minnesota Statutes, section 134.45,
13.33 subdivision 5b.
13.34 Subd. 4.MacPhail Music Center 5,000,000
13.35 (a) For a grant to the city of Minneapolis to
13.36 predesign, design, construct, furnish, and
13.37 equip a new facility for the MacPhail Center
14.1 for Music. The city of Minneapolis may
14.2 enter into a lease or management agreement
14.3 to operate the center, subject to Minnesota
14.4 Statutes, section 16A.695. This appropriation
14.5 is not available until the commissioner has
14.6 determined that not less than $15,000,000
14.7 has been committed to the MacPhail Center
14.8 for Music from nonstate sources, and that
14.9 the available money is sufficient to complete
14.10 a functional facility. Money secured before
14.11 the effective date of this section may count
14.12 toward the required commitment of nonstate
14.13 sources, provided it is used for qualified
14.14 capital expenditures. Any land acquisition
14.15 costs paid by MacPhail Center for Music
14.16 qualify as capital expenditures.
14.17 (b) The city of Minneapolis may provide
14.18 money to predesign, design, construct,
14.19 furnish, and equip a center for music
14.20 education, including classrooms and a
14.21 recital hall in the city of Minneapolis,
14.22 to provide a facility for education of
14.23 students, music therapy programs for
14.24 persons with disabilities, music teacher
14.25 training opportunities, curriculum and
14.26 program development, and to provide the
14.27 programming in public and private schools
14.28 and in partnership with other organizations
14.29 throughout the state.
14.30 Subd. 5.Early Childhood Learning and
14.31 Child Protection Facilities 500,000
14.32 To the commissioner of human services for
14.33 grants to rehabilitate facilities for programs
14.34 under Minnesota Statutes, section 119A.45,
14.35 except that a grant may not exceed $75,000
14.36 per program and $200,000 per facility.

15.1 Sec. 5. MINNESOTA STATE ACADEMIES
15.2 Subdivision 1.To the commissioner of
15.3 administration for the purposes specified in this
15.4 section 2,534,000
15.5 Subd. 2.Asset preservation 2,509,000
15.6 For asset preservation on both campuses of
15.7 the academies, to be spent in accordance with
15.8 Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307.
15.9 Subd. 3.Frechette Hall 25,000
15.10 To begin to design the renovation of
15.11 Frechette Hall, including a new electrical
15.12 system, new HVAC system, new windows,
15.13 plumbing upgrades, removal of the fireplace
15.14 and sunken seating in the commons area,
15.15 addition of recreational space for students to
15.16 utilize during inclement weather, and repair
15.17 of the Scout Cabin.

15.18 Sec. 6. PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS
15.19 EDUCATION 1,051,000
15.20 To the commissioner of administration for
15.21 campus asset preservation at the Perpich
15.22 Center for Arts Education, including sewer
15.23 line replacement, air conditioning, reroofing
15.24 of the east half of the main school building,
15.25 and sidewalk and paving improvements,
15.26 to be spent in accordance with Minnesota
15.27 Statutes, section 16B.307.

15.28 Sec. 7. NATURAL RESOURCES
15.29 Subdivision 1.To the commissioner of natural
15.30 resources for the purposes specified in this
15.31 section 100,704,000
15.32 The appropriations in this section are subject
15.33 to the requirements of the natural resources
15.34 capital improvement program set forth in
15.35 new Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.12,
15.36 unless this section or the statutes referred
15.37 to in this section provide more specific
16.1 standards, criteria, or priorities for projects
16.2 than section 86A.12.
16.3 Subd. 2.Statewide Asset Preservation 2,000,000
16.4 For the renovation of state-owned facilities
16.5 operated by the commissioner of natural
16.6 resources, to be spent in accordance with
16.7 Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307. The
16.8 commissioner may use this appropriation
16.9 to replace buildings if that is the most
16.10 cost-effective method of renovation.
16.11 The unspent portion of an appropriation, but
16.12 not to exceed ten percent of the appropriation,
16.13 for a project in this section that is complete,
16.14 other than an appropriation for flood hazard
16.15 mitigation, is available for asset preservation.
16.16 Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, applies
16.17 from the date of the original appropriation to
16.18 the unspent amount transferred.
16.19 Subd. 3.Flood Hazard Mitigation Grants 25,000,000
16.20 For the state share of flood hazard
16.21 mitigation grants for publicly owned capital
16.22 improvements to prevent or alleviate flood
16.23 damage under Minnesota Statutes, section
16.24 103F.161.
16.25 The commissioner shall determine project
16.26 priorities as appropriate, based on need.
16.27 This appropriation includes money for the
16.28 following projects:
16.29 (a) Austin
16.30 (b) Albert Lea
16.31 (c) Crookston
16.32 (d) Canisteo Mine
16.33 (e) Delano
16.34 (f) East Grand Forks
16.35 (g) Golden Valley
16.36 (h) Grand Marais Creek
17.1 (i) Granite Falls
17.2 (j) Inver Grove Heights
17.3 (k) Manston Slough
17.4 (l) Oakport Township
17.5 (m) Riverton Township
17.6 (n) Shell Rock Watershed District
17.7 (o) St. Vincent
17.8 (p) Wild Rice River Watershed District
17.9 For any project listed in this subdivision
17.10 that the commissioner determines is not
17.11 ready to proceed or does not expend all the
17.12 money allocated to it, the commissioner may
17.13 allocate that project's money to a project on
17.14 the commissioner's priority list.
17.15 To the extent that the cost of a project in Ada,
17.16 Breckenridge, Crookston, Dawson, East
17.17 Grand Forks, Granite Falls, Montevideo,
17.18 Oakport Township, Roseau, St. Vincent, or
17.19 Warren exceeds two percent of the median
17.20 household income in the municipality
17.21 multiplied by the number of households in
17.22 the municipality, this appropriation is also
17.23 for the local share of the project. The local
17.24 share for the St. Vincent dike may not exceed
17.25 $30,000.
17.26 Subd. 4.Dam renovation and removal 2,250,000
17.27 To renovate or remove publicly owned dams.
17.28 The commissioner shall determine project
17.29 priorities as appropriate under Minnesota
17.30 Statutes, sections 103G.511 and 103G.515.
17.31 $250,000 is for a grant to the city of Kenyon
17.32 for the Kenyon embankment removal project.
17.33 Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section
17.34 16A.69, subdivision 2, upon the award of
17.35 final contracts for the completion of a project
17.36 listed in this subdivision, the commissioner
18.1 may transfer the unencumbered balance
18.2 in the project account to any other dam
18.3 renovation or removal project on the
18.4 commissioner's priority list.
18.5 Subd. 5.Stream protection and restoration 2,000,000
18.6 For the design and construction of the
18.7 following stream protection and restoration
18.8 projects: the Red Lake River, Otter Tail
18.9 Power dam upstream of Crookston; Otter Tail
18.10 River, Lake Breckinridge dam; Red River
18.11 of the North, Christine, and Hickson dams;
18.12 West Branch of the Lac Qui Parle River,
18.13 Dawson; Des Moines River, city of Jackson
18.14 dam; South Fork Crow River, Hutchinson
18.15 dam; and Red River of the North, $25,000 for
18.16 riverbank protection and restoration within
18.17 the city of Oslo.
18.18 Subd. 6.Water access acquisition,
18.19 betterment, and fishing piers 3,000,000
18.20 For public water access acquisition,
18.21 construction, and renovation projects of a
18.22 capital nature on lakes and rivers, including
18.23 water access through the provision of fishing
18.24 piers and shoreline access under Minnesota
18.25 Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 9.
18.26 Subd. 7.Lake Superior safe harbors 3,000,000
18.27 To design and construct capital improvements
18.28 to public accesses and small craft harbors on
18.29 Lake Superior in accordance with Minnesota
18.30 Statutes, sections 86A.20 to 86A.24, and in
18.31 cooperation with the United States Army
18.32 Corps of Engineers.
18.33 This appropriation may be used to develop
18.34 the harbor of refuge and marina at Two
18.35 Harbors and is added to the appropriations
18.36 in Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 7,
19.1 subdivision 24; and Laws 2000, chapter
19.2 492, article 1, section 7, subdivision 21, as
19.3 amended by Laws 2005, chapter 20, article
19.4 1, section 42. Notwithstanding those laws,
19.5 the commissioner may proceed with the Two
19.6 Harbors project upon securing an agreement
19.7 with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that
19.8 commits federal expenditures of at least
19.9 $4,000,000 to the project.
19.10 Subd. 8.Fisheries acquisition and
19.11 improvement 2,000,000
19.12 To acquire land and interests in land for
19.13 aquatic management areas and to make
19.14 public improvements and betterments of a
19.15 capital nature to aquatic management areas
19.16 established under Minnesota Statutes, section
19.17 86A.05, subdivision 14.
19.18 Subd. 9.Fish hatchery improvements 1,000,000
19.19 For improvements of a capital nature to
19.20 renovate fish culture facilities at hatcheries
19.21 owned by the state and operated by the
19.22 commissioner of natural resources under
19.23 Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.045,
19.24 subdivision 1.
19.25 Subd. 10.RIM - wildlife area land acquisition
19.26 and improvement 14,000,000
19.27 To acquire land for wildlife management area
19.28 purposes and for improvements of a capital
19.29 nature to develop, protect, or improve habitat
19.30 and facilities on wildlife management areas
19.31 under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05,
19.32 subdivision 8.
19.33 Subd. 11.Water control structures 1,000,000
19.34 To rehabilitate or replace water control
19.35 structures used to manage shallow lakes and
19.36 wetlands for waterfowl habitat on wildlife
20.1 management areas under Minnesota Statutes,
20.2 section 86A.05, subdivision 8.
20.3 Subd. 12.Native prairie bank easements and
20.4 development 1,000,000
20.5 To acquire native prairie bank easements
20.6 under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96,
20.7 and to develop and restore certain tracts of
20.8 prairie bank lands for which the easement is
20.9 permanent.
20.10 Subd. 13.Scientific and natural area
20.11 acquisition and development 2,000,000
20.12 To acquire land for scientific and natural
20.13 areas and for protection and improvements of
20.14 a capital nature to scientific and natural areas
20.15 under Minnesota Statutes, sections 84.033
20.16 and 86A.05, subdivision 5.
20.17 Subd. 14.State forest land acquisition 1,000,000
20.18 To acquire private lands from willing
20.19 sellers within the boundaries of state forests
20.20 established under Minnesota Statutes, section
20.21 89.021.
20.22 Subd. 15.Large scale forest land and Forest
20.23 Legacy conservation easements 7,000,000
20.24 To acquire conservation easements as
20.25 described under Minnesota Statutes, chapter
20.26 84C, on private forest lands and within
20.27 Forest Legacy Areas established under
20.28 United States Code, title 16, section 2103c.
20.29 The conservation easements must guarantee
20.30 public access, including hunting and
20.31 fishing. Expenditure of money from this
20.32 appropriation within a Forest Legacy Area
20.33 must be matched by $2 of nonstate money
20.34 for each $1 of state money.
20.35 Subd. 16.State forest land reforestation 4,000,000
20.36 To increase reforestation activities to meet
20.37 the reforestation requirements of Minnesota
21.1 Statutes, section 89.002, subdivision 2,
21.2 including planting, seeding, site preparation,
21.3 and purchasing tree seeds and seedlings.
21.4 Subd. 17.State park and recreation area
21.5 acquisition 3,000,000
21.6 To acquire from willing sellers private
21.7 lands within state parks established under
21.8 Minnesota Statutes, section 85.012, and state
21.9 recreation areas established under Minnesota
21.10 Statutes, section 85.013.
21.11 Subd. 18.State park infrastructure
21.12 rehabilitation and natural resource
21.13 restoration 3,000,000
21.14 For infrastructure rehabilitation and natural
21.15 resource restoration projects within state
21.16 parks established under Minnesota Statutes,
21.17 section 85.012, and state recreation areas
21.18 established under Minnesota Statutes, section
21.19 85.013.
21.20 $25,000 is for electrical hookups at Monson
21.21 Lake State Park.
21.22 Subd. 19.State park building construction
21.23 and rehabilitation 3,000,000
21.24 To construct and to renovate buildings in
21.25 state parks and state recreation areas in
21.26 accordance with a master plan required under
21.27 Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.09.
21.28 $1,500,000 is to construct a visitor center at
21.29 Grand Portage State Park. The unexpended
21.30 balance from the appropriation in Laws 2005,
21.31 chapter 20, article 1, section 7, subdivision
21.32 22, to predesign and design the center may
21.33 be added to this appropriation.
21.34 Subd. 20.State park camper cabins 2,000,000
21.35 To construct camper cabins and upgrade
21.36 infrastructure for the cabins in state parks
21.37 under Minnesota Statutes, section 85.012,
22.1 and state recreation areas under Minnesota
22.2 Statutes, section 85.013.
22.3 $150,000 is for camper cabins at Glacial
22.4 Lakes State Park and $150,000 is for camper
22.5 cabins at Sibley State Park.
22.6 Subd. 21.State trail acquisition and
22.7 development 10,811,000
22.8 To acquire land for and to construct and
22.9 renovate state trails under Minnesota
22.10 Statutes, section 85.015.
22.11 $750,000 is for the Blufflands Trail:
22.12 $350,000 is for the Chester Woods segment;
22.13 $300,000 is for the segment from Preston
22.14 to Forestville; and $100,000 is for the Root
22.15 River segment.
22.16 $500,000 is for the Casey Jones Trail.
22.17 $400,000 is for the Cuyuna Lakes Trail.
22.18 $750,000 is for the Gateway Trail.
22.19 $1,185,000 is for the Gitchi-Gami Trail.
22.20 $1,000,000 is for the Glacial Lakes Trail
22.21 from New London to Paynesville. Money
22.22 not needed for that segment may be used for
22.23 the segment from Paynesville to Richmond.
22.24 $500,000 is for the Goodhue Pioneer Trail.
22.25 $250,000 is for the Heartland Trail from Park
22.26 Rapids to Detroit Lakes.
22.27 $1,000,000 is for the Mill Towns Trail.
22.28 $226,000 is for the Minnesota River Trail
22.29 from Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge to
22.30 the city of Ortonville.
22.31 $1,500,000 is for the Paul Bunyan Trail.
22.32 $750,000 is for the Shooting Star Trail.
22.33 $2,000,000 is for the rehabilitation of state
22.34 trails.
22.35 For any project listed in this subdivision that
22.36 the commissioner determines is not ready to
22.37 proceed, the commissioner may allocate that
23.1 project's money to another state trail project
23.2 identified in this subdivision. The chairs
23.3 of the house and senate committees with
23.4 jurisdiction over environment and natural
23.5 resources and legislators from the affected
23.6 legislative districts must be notified of any
23.7 changes.
23.8 Subd. 22.Regional trails 1,133,000
23.9 For matching grants under Minnesota
23.10 Statutes, section 85.019, subdivision 4b.
23.11 $648,000 is for the Agassiz Recreational
23.12 ATV Trail.
23.13 $485,000 is for a grant to the Central
23.14 Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails
23.15 Coordination Board to design, engineer,
23.16 and construct 6.3 miles of trail and two
23.17 parking areas along the Mississippi River
23.18 in Sherburne County, to be known as Xcel
23.19 Energy Great River Woodland Trail.
23.20 Subd. 23.Trail connections 2,010,000
23.21 For matching grants under Minnesota
23.22 Statutes, section 85.019, subdivision 4c.
23.23 $500,000 is for a grant to Carlton County
23.24 to predesign, design, and construct a
23.25 nonmotorized pedestrian trail connection
23.26 to the Willard Munger State Trail from the
23.27 city of Carlton through the city of Scanlon
23.28 continuing to the city of Cloquet, along the
23.29 St. Louis River in Carlton County.
23.30 $260,000 is to provide the state match for the
23.31 cost of the Soo Line Multiuse Recreational
23.32 Bridge project over marked Trunk Highway
23.33 169 in Mille Lacs County.
23.34 $175,000 is for a grant to the city of Bowlus
23.35 in Morrison County to design, construct,
24.1 furnish, and equip a trailhead center at the
24.2 head of the Soo Line Recreational Trail.
24.3 $125,000 is for a grant to Morrison
24.4 County to predesign, design, construct,
24.5 furnish, and equip a park-and-ride lot and
24.6 restroom building adjacent to the Soo Line
24.7 Recreational Trail at U.S. Highway 10.
24.8 $950,000 is for a grant to the St. Louis
24.9 and Lake Counties Regional Railroad
24.10 Authority for land acquisition, engineering,
24.11 construction, furnishing, and equipping of a
24.12 19-mile "Boundary Waters Connection" of
24.13 the Mesabi Trail from Bearhead State Park
24.14 to the International Wolf Center in Ely. This
24.15 appropriation is contingent upon a matching
24.16 contribution of $950,000 from other sources,
24.17 public or private.
24.18 Subd. 24.Metro greenways and natural areas 500,000
24.19 To provide grants to local units of
24.20 government for acquisition or betterment of
24.21 greenways and natural areas in the metro
24.22 region and portions of the surrounding
24.23 counties and to acquire greenways and
24.24 natural areas in the metro region and portions
24.25 of the surrounding counties through the
24.26 purchase of conservation easements or fee
24.27 titles. The commissioner shall determine
24.28 the project priorities and shall consult with
24.29 representatives of local units of government,
24.30 nonprofit organizations, and other interested
24.31 parties.
24.32 Subd. 25.Local initiative grants 2,000,000
24.33 (1) For grants to units of government
24.34 to acquire and better parks and outdoor
24.35 recreation areas under Minnesota Statutes,
24.36 section 85.019, subdivision 2; and
25.1 (2) for grants to units of government to
25.2 acquire and better natural and scenic areas
25.3 under Minnesota Statutes, section 85.019,
25.4 subdivision 4a.
25.5 Subd. 26.Forest Roads and Bridges 1,000,000
25.6 For reconstruction, resurfacing, replacement,
25.7 and construction of state forest roads and
25.8 bridges under Minnesota Statutes, section
25.9 89.002.
25.10 Subd. 27.Prairie Wetlands ELC 2,000,000
25.11 For a grant under Minnesota Statutes, section
25.12 84.0875, to the city of Fergus Falls to
25.13 predesign, design, construct, furnish, and
25.14 equip the expansion of the Prairie Wetlands
25.15 Environmental Learning Center.

25.16 Sec. 8. POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY
25.17 Subdivision 1. To the Pollution Control Agency
25.18 for the purposes specified in this section 17,300,000
25.19 Subd. 2.Closed Landfill Program 10,800,000
25.20 To design and construct remedial systems
25.21 and acquire land at landfills throughout the
25.22 state in accordance with the closed landfill
25.23 program under Minnesota Statutes, section
25.24 115B.39 to 115B.42.
25.25 $3,650,000 is to design and construct
25.26 remedial systems at the Albert Lea Landfill,
25.27 including relocating and incorporating waste
25.28 from the former Albert Lea Dump owned by
25.29 the City of Albert Lea pursuant to Minnesota
25.30 Statutes, section 115B.403, which action may
25.31 be taken by the Pollution Control Agency
25.32 notwithstanding the provisions of Minnesota
25.33 Statutes, section 115B.403, paragraphs (a)
25.34 and (b).
25.35 Subd. 3.Capital Assistance Program 4,000,000
26.1 For the solid waste capital assistance grants
26.2 program under Minnesota Statutes, section
26.3 115A.54.
26.4 Subd. 4.Koochiching RECAP 2,500,000
26.5 For a grant to Koochiching County to prepare
26.6 a site for and to design, construct, and equip
26.7 a plasma torch gasification facility that
26.8 converts municipal solid waste into energy
26.9 and slag, reducing the need to dispose of the
26.10 waste in a landfill.
26.11 This appropriation is not available until the
26.12 commissioner has determined that at least
26.13 an equal amount has been committed to the
26.14 project from nonstate sources.

26.15 Sec. 9. BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL
26.16 RESOURCES
26.17 Subdivision 1.To the Board of Water and Soil
26.18 Resources for the purposes specified in this
26.19 section 7,900,000
26.20 Subd. 2.Wetland replacement due to public
26.21 road projects 4,200,000
26.22 $700,000 is from the general fund to
26.23 administer the program.
26.24 To acquire land for wetlands or restore
26.25 wetlands to be used to replace wetlands
26.26 drained or filled as a result of the repair,
26.27 maintenance, or rehabilitation of existing
26.28 public roads as required by Minnesota
26.29 Statutes, section 103G.222, subdivision 1,
26.30 paragraphs (k) and (l).
26.31 The purchase price paid for acquisition
26.32 of land, fee, or perpetual easement must
26.33 be the fair market value as determined
26.34 by the board. The board may enter into
26.35 agreements with the federal government,
26.36 other state agencies, political subdivisions,
26.37 and nonprofit organizations or fee owners to
26.38 acquire land and restore and create wetlands
27.1 and to acquire existing wetland banking
27.2 credits. Acquisition of or the conveyance
27.3 of land may be in the name of the political
27.4 subdivision.
27.5 Subd. 3.Streambank, Lakeshore Erosion
27.6 Control 1,000,000
27.7 For grants to soil and water conservation
27.8 districts for streambank, stream channel,
27.9 lakeshore, and roadside protection and
27.10 restoration projects through the state
27.11 cost-share program under Minnesota
27.12 Statutes, section 103C.501.
27.13 Subd. 4.Minnesota River Area II 500,000
27.14 For grants to assist local governments in Area
27.15 II of the Minnesota River Basin to acquire,
27.16 design, and construct floodwater retention
27.17 systems. The grants are not available until
27.18 the board determines that $1 has been
27.19 committed to the project from nonstate
27.20 sources for every $3 of state grant.
27.21 Subd. 5.Grass Lake 2,200,000
27.22 To acquire conservation easements, reroute
27.23 County Ditch 23A, construct water control
27.24 structures, and plant vegetation in order to
27.25 restore the Grass Lake prairie wetland basin
27.26 adjacent to the city of Willmar in Kandiyohi
27.27 County.

27.28 Sec. 10. AGRICULTURE 1,500,000
27.29 To the commissioner of administration to
27.30 construct, furnish, and equip a biosafety level
27.31 3 agriculture laboratory in the Agriculture
27.32 and Health Joint Laboratory facility in St.
27.33 Paul.

27.34 Sec. 11. MINNESOTA ZOOLOGICAL
27.35 GARDEN
27.36 Subdivision 1.To the Minnesota Zoological
27.37 Garden for the purposes in this section. 15,000,000
28.1 Subd. 2.Asset Preservation 7,500,000
28.2 For capital asset preservation improvements
28.3 and betterments, to be spent in accordance
28.4 with Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307.
28.5 Subd. 3.Master Plan 7,500,000
28.6 For implementation of the 2001 Minnesota
28.7 Zoological Garden Facilities and Business
28.8 Master Plan.

28.9 Sec. 12. ADMINISTRATION
28.10 Subdivision 1.To the commissioner of
28.11 administration for the purposes specified in this
28.12 section 9,250,000
28.13 Subd. 2.Capital Asset Preservation and
28.14 Replacement Account (CAPRA) 4,000,000
28.15 To be spent in accordance with Minnesota
28.16 Statutes, section 16A.632.
28.17 Subd. 3.Asset Preservation 5,000,000
28.18 For asset preservation projects in properties
28.19 managed by the commissioner. This
28.20 appropriation must be spent in accordance
28.21 with Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307.
28.22 $150,000 is to restore and renovate the
28.23 Minnesota Peace Officers Memorial on the
28.24 Capitol grounds in St. Paul.
28.25 Subd. 4.Workers Memorial 100,000
28.26 To design and construct a workers memorial
28.27 on the Capitol grounds in St. Paul.
28.28 Subd. 5.Hmong Veterans Statue 150,000
28.29 To complete design and construction of a
28.30 statue in the capitol area to honor the Hmong
28.31 veterans of the war in Laos who were allied
28.32 with American forces during the Vietnam
28.33 War, pursuant to Laws 2003, chapter 69.

28.34 Sec. 13. CAPITOL AREA
28.35 ARCHITECTURAL AND PLANNING
28.36 BOARD
29.1 Capitol Building 2,400,000
29.2 To the commissioner of administration
29.3 to renovate the dome of the Capitol and
29.4 continue design work to restore the Capitol
29.5 Building.
29.6 The appropriation in this section may not be
29.7 spent on any project that affects space under
29.8 the control of the senate without the approval
29.9 of the secretary of the senate nor on any
29.10 project that affects space under the control
29.11 of the house of representatives without the
29.12 approval of the chief sergeant-at-arms of the
29.13 house.

29.14 Sec. 14. MILITARY AFFAIRS 7,579,000
29.15 Subdivision 1. To the adjutant general for the
29.16 purposes specified in this section
29.17 Subd. 2.Asset preservation 4,000,000
29.18 For asset preservation improvements and
29.19 betterments of a capital nature at military
29.20 affairs facilities statewide, to be spent in
29.21 accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section
29.22 16B.307.
29.23 Subd. 3.Facility life safety improvements 1,000,000
29.24 For life safety improvements and to correct
29.25 code deficiencies at military affairs facilities
29.26 statewide, to be spent in accordance with
29.27 Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307.
29.28 Subd. 4.Lead abatement and range
29.29 conversion 1,029,000
29.30 For lead abatement and to design, construct,
29.31 furnish, and equip the current indoor firing
29.32 ranges in ten National Guard Training
29.33 and Community Centers for storage
29.34 space, classrooms, and office space. This
29.35 appropriation may be used at Training and
29.36 Community Centers located in the cities of:
30.1 Albert Lea, Bloomington, Brainerd, Duluth,
30.2 Jackson, Montevideo, Moorhead, Rochester,
30.3 Rosemount, and St. Peter.
30.4 Subd. 5.Facility ADA compliance 1,400,000
30.5 For Americans with Disabilities Act
30.6 (ADA) alterations to existing National
30.7 Guard Training and Community Centers in
30.8 locations throughout the state, to be spent in
30.9 accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section
30.10 16B.307.
30.11 Subd. 6.Starbase Minnesota 150,000
30.12 For predesign and design of a new facility
30.13 for the Starbase Minnesota program, subject
30.14 to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695.

30.15 Sec. 15. PUBLIC SAFETY
30.16 Scott County Public Safety Training Center 1,000,000
30.17 To the commissioner of public safety for a
30.18 grant to Scott County to design, construct,
30.19 furnish, and equip a regional public safety
30.20 training center.

30.21 Sec. 16. TRANSPORTATION
30.22 Subdivision 1.To the commissioner of
30.23 transportation for the purposes specified in this
30.24 section 143,000,000
30.25 Subd. 2.Local bridge replacement and
30.26 rehabilitation 55,000,000
30.27 This appropriation is from the bond proceeds
30.28 account in the state transportation fund as
30.29 provided in Minnesota Statutes, section
30.30 174.50, to match federal money and to
30.31 replace or rehabilitate local deficient bridges.
30.32 Political subdivisions may use grants made
30.33 under this section to construct or reconstruct
30.34 bridges, including:
30.35 (1) matching federal-aid grants to construct
30.36 or reconstruct key bridges;
31.1 (2) paying the costs of preliminary
31.2 engineering and environmental studies
31.3 authorized under Minnesota Statutes, section
31.4 174.50, subdivision 6a;
31.5 (3) paying the costs to abandon an existing
31.6 bridge that is deficient and in need of
31.7 replacement, but where no replacement will
31.8 be made; and
31.9 (4) paying the costs to construct a road
31.10 or street to facilitate the abandonment
31.11 of an existing bridge determined by
31.12 the commissioner to be deficient, if the
31.13 commissioner determines that construction
31.14 of the road or street is more cost efficient
31.15 than the replacement of the existing bridge.
31.16 $2,500,000 is for a grant to Hennepin
31.17 County to design replacement of the Lowry
31.18 Avenue bridge carrying County State-Aid
31.19 Highway 153 across the Mississippi River
31.20 in Minneapolis.
31.21 Subd. 3.Local Road Improvement Program 16,000,000
31.22 This appropriation is from the bond proceeds
31.23 account in the state transportation fund as
31.24 provided in Minnesota Statutes, section
31.25 174.50.
31.26 $7,650,000 is for construction and
31.27 reconstruction of local roads with statewide
31.28 or regional significance under Minnesota
31.29 Statutes, section 174.52, subdivision 4. Of
31.30 this amount, $500,000 is for county state-aid
31.31 highway 46 between Interstate 35 and
31.32 Interstate 90 in Freeborn County.
31.33 $7,650,000 is for grants to counties to assist
31.34 in paying the costs of capital improvement
31.35 projects on county state-aid highways
31.36 under Minnesota Statutes, section 174.52,
32.1 subdivision 4a, but not to the county of
32.2 Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin,
32.3 Ramsey, Scott, or Washington.
32.4 $700,000 is for a grant to the city of Staples
32.5 in Todd County to predesign, design, and
32.6 construct a highway overpass over U.S.
32.7 Highway 10 and the Burlington Northern
32.8 Santa Fe Railroad tracks in Staples.
32.9 Subd. 4.Northstar Commuter Rail 60,000,000
32.10 (a) To acquire land, or an interest in land,
32.11 and to design, construct, furnish, and equip
32.12 the Northstar commuter rail line serving
32.13 Big Lake to downtown Minneapolis and
32.14 to acquire land, or an interest in land, and
32.15 to design, construct, furnish, and equip
32.16 the extension of the Hiawatha light rail
32.17 transit line from its terminus in downtown
32.18 Minneapolis to a new terminus near Fifth
32.19 Avenue North adjacent to the proposed
32.20 downtown Minneapolis commuter rail
32.21 station.
32.22 (b) This appropriation is added to the
32.23 appropriation in Laws 2005, chapter 20,
32.24 article 1, section 18, subdivision 5.
32.25 (c) This appropriation is not available
32.26 until a full-funding grant agreement has
32.27 been executed with the Federal Transit
32.28 Administration.
32.29 (d) If the Northstar commuter rail line is
32.30 extended from Big Lake to the St. Cloud
32.31 area, regional rail authority members of the
32.32 Northstar Corridor Development Authority
32.33 who did not fund a portion of the share
32.34 of capital costs from Minneapolis to Big
32.35 Lake shall contribute an amount for the
32.36 extension equal to the amount they would
33.1 have contributed for their proportional share
33.2 of the entire line from Minneapolis to the
33.3 St. Cloud area.
33.4 Subd. 5.Northeast Minnesota rail initiative 1,300,000
33.5 For a grant to St. Louis County to renovate
33.6 the St. Louis County Heritage and Arts
33.7 Center (the Duluth Depot) and to match
33.8 federal money for preliminary engineering,
33.9 environmental studies, and construction of
33.10 the rail line, railway stations, park-and-ride
33.11 lots, and other railroad appurtenances
33.12 necessary to facilitate the return of intercity
33.13 and commuter/passenger rail service within
33.14 Duluth and the Duluth/Twin Cities rail
33.15 corridor.
33.16 Subd. 6.Rail Service Improvement 3,700,000
33.17 For the rail service improvement program,
33.18 to be spent for the purposes set forth
33.19 in Minnesota Statutes, section 222.50,
33.20 subdivision 7.
33.21 (a) $700,000 is for a grant to the McLeod
33.22 County Railroad Authority to acquire
33.23 land for and to design and construct a
33.24 railroad switching yard facility in Glencoe.
33.25 This appropriation is not available until
33.26 the commissioner determines that funds
33.27 sufficient to complete the project are
33.28 committed to the project from nonstate
33.29 sources.
33.30 (b) $1,000,000 is for a grant to the Minnesota
33.31 Valley Regional Rail Authority to rehabilitate
33.32 up to 33 miles of railroad track from
33.33 Gibbon to Norwood-Young America. The
33.34 commissioner may not make the grant until
33.35 the commissioner has determined that the
33.36 authority has obtained a commitment for
34.1 at least $495,000 in federal funds for the
34.2 project. A grant under this paragraph is in
34.3 addition to any grant, loan, or loan guarantee
34.4 for this project made by the commissioner
34.5 under Minnesota Statutes, sections 222.46
34.6 to 222.62.
34.7 Subd. 7.Port Development Assistance 3,000,000
34.8 For grants under Minnesota Statutes, chapter
34.9 457A. Any improvements made with the
34.10 proceeds of these grants must be publicly
34.11 owned.
34.12 Subd. 8.Greater Minnesota Transit 2,000,000
34.13 For capital assistance for greater Minnesota
34.14 transit systems to be used for transit capital
34.15 facilities under Minnesota Statutes, section
34.16 174.24, subdivision 3c. Money from this
34.17 appropriation may be used to pay up to 80
34.18 percent of the nonfederal share of these
34.19 facilities.
34.20 Subd. 9.St. Cloud Regional Airport 2,000,000
34.21 For a grant to the city of St. Cloud to acquire
34.22 land adjacent to the St. Cloud Regional
34.23 Airport.

34.24 Sec. 17. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
34.25 Subdivision 1. To the Metropolitan Council for
34.26 the purposes specified in this section 55,962,000
34.27 Subd. 2.I-35W Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) 3,300,000
34.28 For design, preliminary engineering, and
34.29 construction of passenger facilities for a
34.30 Bus Rapid Transit station at 46th Street and
34.31 Interstate 35W.
34.32 Subd. 3.Cedar Avenue Bus Rapid Transit
34.33 (BRT) 5,000,000
34.34 For environmental studies, preliminary
34.35 engineering, bus lane improvements, and
34.36 transit station construction and improvements
35.1 in the Cedar Avenue Bus Rapid Transit
35.2 Corridor.
35.3 This appropriation may not be spent for
35.4 capital improvements within a trunk highway
35.5 right-of-way.
35.6 Subd. 4.Central corridor transit way 7,800,000
35.7 To conduct environmental studies, complete
35.8 preliminary engineering, and design the
35.9 Central corridor transit way between
35.10 downtown Minneapolis and downtown St.
35.11 Paul.
35.12 This appropriation may not be spent for
35.13 capital improvements within a trunk highway
35.14 right-of-way.
35.15 This appropriation is not available until the
35.16 commissioner of finance has determined
35.17 that, by September 1, 2006, the Metropolitan
35.18 Council, the Ramsey County Regional
35.19 Rail Authority, and the Hennepin County
35.20 Regional Rail Authority have entered into a
35.21 memorandum of understanding that specifies
35.22 future expected funding shares for operating
35.23 and capital for the Central Corridor Transit
35.24 Way. The agreement must require that the
35.25 named agencies be responsible for at least
35.26 one-third of the state and local match to
35.27 federal new-start capital funding.
35.28 Subd. 5.Red Rock corridor transit way 500,000
35.29 For preliminary engineering and
35.30 environmental review of the Red Rock
35.31 corridor transit way between Hastings and
35.32 Minneapolis via St. Paul.
35.33 Subd. 6.Robert Street corridor transit way 500,000
35.34 For environmental studies and preliminary
35.35 engineering of bus rapid transit or light rail
35.36 transit for the Robert Street corridor transit
36.1 way along a corridor on or parallel to U.S.
36.2 Highway 52 and Robert Street from within
36.3 the city of St. Paul to Dakota County Road
36.4 42 in Rosemount.
36.5 Subd. 7.Union Depot 3,500,000
36.6 For a grant to the Ramsey County Regional
36.7 Railroad Authority to acquire land and
36.8 structures, to renovate structures, and for
36.9 design, engineering, and environmental
36.10 work to revitalize Union Depot for use as a
36.11 multimodal transit center in St. Paul.
36.12 Subd. 8.Metropolitan Regional Parks
36.13 Capital Improvements 35,362,000
36.14 For the cost of improvements and betterments
36.15 of a capital nature and acquisition by the
36.16 council and local government units of
36.17 regional recreational open-space lands in
36.18 accordance with the council's policy plan
36.19 as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section
36.20 473.147. Priority must be given to park
36.21 rehabilitation and land acquisition projects.
36.22 $300,000 is for a grant to the city of
36.23 Bloomington to renovate the old Cedar
36.24 Avenue bridge to serve as a hiking and
36.25 bicycling trail connection.
36.26 $6,000,000 is to acquire land for the Empire
36.27 Wetlands Wildlife Area and Regional Park in
36.28 Dakota County.
36.29 $1,800,000 is for a grant to the city of
36.30 Minneapolis to complete construction of the
36.31 Cedar Lake Trail.
36.32 $3,500,000 is for a grant to the Minneapolis
36.33 Park and Recreation Board to design,
36.34 construct, furnish, and equip a new cultural
36.35 and community center in the East Phillips
36.36 neighborhood in Minneapolis.
37.1 $250,000 is for a grant to the Minneapolis
37.2 Park and Recreation Board to predesign
37.3 completion of the Grand Rounds National
37.4 Scenic Byway by providing a link between
37.5 northeast Minneapolis on Stinson Avenue
37.6 and Southeast Minneapolis at East River
37.7 Road.
37.8 $2,500,000 is for a grant to the Minneapolis
37.9 Park and Recreation Board to mitigate
37.10 flooding at Lake of the Isles in the city
37.11 of Minneapolis. The grant must be used
37.12 for shoreline stabilization and restoration,
37.13 dredging, wetland replacement, and other
37.14 infrastructure improvements necessary to
37.15 deal with the 1997 flood damage and to
37.16 prevent future flooding.
37.17 $321,000 is for a grant to Ramsey County
37.18 to construct a bicycle and pedestrian trail on
37.19 the north side of Lower Afton Road between
37.20 Century Avenue and McKnight Road in the
37.21 city of Maplewood. This appropriation is
37.22 not available until the commissioner has
37.23 determined that at least an equal amount has
37.24 been committed from nonstate sources.
37.25 $9,000,000 is for a grant to the city of St.
37.26 Paul to predesign, design, construct, furnish,
37.27 equip, and redevelop infrastructure at the
37.28 Como Zoo.
37.29 $2,500,000 is for a grant to the city of St.
37.30 Paul to acquire land for and to predesign,
37.31 design, construct, furnish, and equip river
37.32 park development and redevelopment
37.33 infrastructure in National Great River Park
37.34 along the Mississippi River in St. Paul.
37.35 $2,000,000 is for a grant to the city of
37.36 South St. Paul for the closure, capping, and
38.1 remediation of approximately 80 acres of
38.2 the Port Crosby construction and demolition
38.3 debris landfill in South St. Paul, as the fifth
38.4 phase of converting the land into parkland,
38.5 and to restore approximately 80 acres of
38.6 riverfront land along the Mississippi River.
38.7 $191,000 is for a grant to the city of White
38.8 Bear Lake to construct the Lake Avenue
38.9 Regional Trail connecting Highway 96
38.10 Regional Trail with Ramsey Beach.

38.11 Sec. 18. HUMAN SERVICES
38.12 Subdivision 1.To the commissioner of
38.13 administration for the purposes specified in this
38.14 section 58,321,000
38.15 Subd. 2. Asset preservation and facility
38.16 design 3,000,000
38.17 For asset preservation improvements and
38.18 betterments of a capital nature at Department
38.19 of Human Services facilities statewide, to be
38.20 spent in accordance with Minnesota Statutes,
38.21 section 16B.307. Notwithstanding section
38.22 16B.307, subdivision 1, paragraph (d), any
38.23 portion of this appropriation may also be
38.24 used to design the second phase of additional
38.25 residential, program, and ancillary service
38.26 capacity for the Minnesota sex offender
38.27 treatment program at Moose Lake.
38.28 Subd. 3.Moose Lake Sex Offender Treatment
38.29 - Phase 1 41,321,000
38.30 To design, construct, furnish, and equip the
38.31 first of two phases of additional residential,
38.32 program, and ancillary service capacity
38.33 for the Minnesota sex offender treatment
38.34 program at Moose Lake to accommodate 400
38.35 additional patients.
38.36 Subd. 4.St. Peter Regional Treatment Center
38.37 Program and Activity Building 2,500,000
39.1 To design, construct, furnish, and equip a
39.2 new program and activity building on the
39.3 lower campus of the St. Peter Regional
39.4 Treatment Center for individuals committed
39.5 as sexual psychopathic personalities,
39.6 sexually dangerous persons, mentally ill, or
39.7 mentally ill and dangerous.
39.8 Subd. 5.Statewide Security Upgrades 5,000,000
39.9 To provide security upgrades of a capital
39.10 nature at Department of Human Services
39.11 campuses, including but not limited
39.12 to: security fencing, control centers,
39.13 electronic monitoring and perimeter security
39.14 equipment, electrical distribution systems,
39.15 and building security renovations. This
39.16 appropriation may be used at the St. Peter,
39.17 Moose Lake, and Anoka campuses, and at
39.18 the METO campus in Cambridge.
39.19 Subd. 6.Systemwide Redevelopment, Reuse,
39.20 or Demolition 5,000,000
39.21 To demolish surplus, nonfunctional, or
39.22 deteriorated facilities and infrastructure
39.23 or to renovate surplus, nonfunctional, or
39.24 deteriorated facilities and infrastructure at
39.25 Department of Human Services campuses
39.26 that the commissioner of administration
39.27 is authorized to convey to a local unit of
39.28 government under Laws 2005, chapter 20,
39.29 article 1, section 46, or other law. These
39.30 projects must facilitate the redevelopment
39.31 or reuse of these campuses and must
39.32 be implemented consistent with the
39.33 comprehensive redevelopment plans
39.34 developed and approved under Laws
39.35 2003, First Special Session chapter 14,
39.36 article 6, section 64, subdivision 2, unless
40.1 expressly provided otherwise. If a surplus
40.2 campus is sold or transferred to a local unit
40.3 of government, unspent portions of this
40.4 appropriation may be granted to that local
40.5 unit of government for the purposes stated in
40.6 this subdivision.
40.7 Subd. 7.Systemwide Roof Renovation and
40.8 Replacement 1,500,000
40.9 For renovation and replacement of roofs at
40.10 Department of Human Services facilities
40.11 statewide, to be spent in accordance with
40.12 Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307.

40.13 Sec. 19. VETERANS HOMES BOARD
40.14 Subdivision 1.To the commissioner of
40.15 administration for the purposes specified in this
40.16 section 12,090,000
40.17 Subd. 2.Asset Preservation 6,000,000
40.18 For asset preservation improvements and
40.19 betterments of a capital nature at veterans
40.20 homes statewide, to be spent in accordance
40.21 with Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307.
40.22 Subd. 3.Fergus Falls Veterans Home 637,000
40.23 To design a 21-bed special care unit to treat
40.24 individuals with Alzheimer's disease or
40.25 dementia.
40.26 Subd. 4.Hastings Veterans Home Supportive
40.27 Housing 700,000
40.28 To design 30 units of permanent supportive
40.29 housing for veterans with disabilities.
40.30 The Minnesota Veterans Homes Board and
40.31 the Minnesota Housing Fiance Agency
40.32 must work together cooperatively on
40.33 the development of a viable permanent
40.34 supportive housing project to serve only
40.35 veterans on the campus of the Hastings home.
40.36 Subd. 5.Luverne Veterans Home 599,000
41.1 To complete the design, construction,
41.2 furnishing, and equipping of an addition to
41.3 the nursing care facility, to be used as an
41.4 Alzheimer's and dementia program, dining,
41.5 and wander area.
41.6 Subd. 6.Minneapolis Veterans Home
41.7 Emergency Power 2,457,000
41.8 To upgrade the emergency power system to
41.9 make it code compliant and add emergency
41.10 power outlets to Building 17.
41.11 Federal money received by the Minnesota
41.12 Veterans Homes Board of Directors as
41.13 reimbursement for 65 percent of this state
41.14 capital expenditure must be credited to the
41.15 debt service account in the state bond fund.
41.16 Subd. 7.Silver Bay Veterans Home
41.17 Master Plan Renovation 1,697,000
41.18 For the state share of the cost to design,
41.19 construct, furnish, and equip an addition to
41.20 and renovation of the nursing care facility.

41.21 Sec. 20. CORRECTIONS
41.22 Subdivision 1.To the commissioner of
41.23 administration for the purposes specified in this
41.24 section 61,065,000
41.25 Subd. 2.Asset Preservation 5,000,000
41.26 For improvements and betterments of a
41.27 capital nature at Minnesota correctional
41.28 facilities statewide, in accordance with
41.29 Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307.
41.30 Subd. 3.Minnesota Correctional Facility -
41.31 Faribault
41.32 Phase 2 27,993,000
41.33 To design, construct, furnish, and equip an
41.34 expansion at the Minnesota Correctional
41.35 Facility - Faribault, to include, but not be
41.36 limited to, one new 416-bed, double-bunked,
41.37 wet-celled lockable living unit; renovation of
42.1 an existing living unit into a long-term care
42.2 housing unit; additional programming space;
42.3 and demolition of one vacated unit.
42.4 Subd. 4.Minnesota correctional facility -
42.5 Lino Lakes
42.6 Medical services 2,494,000
42.7 To design, construct, furnish, and equip
42.8 the renovation of the southeast portion
42.9 of the B building to provide consolidated
42.10 health, dental, and psychological services to
42.11 offenders at the facility.
42.12 Subd. 5.Minnesota Correctional Facility -
42.13 Red Wing
42.14 Vocational Education
42.15 Building 623,000
42.16 To design a new vocational education
42.17 building with a combined classroom and
42.18 shop complex.
42.19 Subd. 6.Minnesota correctional facility -
42.20 Shakopee
42.21 Bed Expansion 5,375,000
42.22 To design, construct, furnish, and equip an
42.23 addition to accommodate 92 beds.
42.24 Subd. 7.Minnesota correctional facility -
42.25 Stillwater
42.26 Segregation Unit 19,580,000
42.27 To complete design and to construct, furnish,
42.28 and equip a 150-bed segregation unit.

42.29 Sec. 21. EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC
42.30 DEVELOPMENT
42.31 Subdivision 1.To the commissioner of
42.32 employment and economic development or
42.33 other named agency for the purposes specified
42.34 in this section 160,642,000
42.35 Subd. 2.State match for federal grants 38,800,000
42.36 (a) To the Public Facilities Authority:
42.37 (1) to match federal grants for the water
42.38 pollution control revolving fund under
42.39 Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.07; and
43.1 (2) to match federal grants for the drinking
43.2 water revolving fund under Minnesota
43.3 Statutes, section 446A.081.
43.4 (b) The expenditure and allocation of state
43.5 matching money between funds described
43.6 in paragraph (a), clauses (1) and (2), must
43.7 ensure that the matching funds required
43.8 for the drinking water revolving fund are
43.9 available to match the 2007 and 2008 federal
43.10 grants, with the balance to be made available
43.11 to the water pollution control revolving fund.
43.12 (c) This appropriation must be used for
43.13 qualified capital projects.
43.14 Subd. 3.Wastewater infrastructure funding
43.15 program 23,300,000
43.16 (a) To the Public Facilities Authority for
43.17 the purposes specified in this subdivision.
43.18 $20,000,000 of this appropriation is for
43.19 grants and loans to eligible municipalities
43.20 under the wastewater infrastructure program
43.21 established in Minnesota Statutes, section
43.22 446A.072.
43.23 To the greatest practical extent, the
43.24 authority must use the appropriation for
43.25 projects on the 2006 project priority list
43.26 in priority order by qualified applicants
43.27 that submit plans and specifications to
43.28 the Pollution Control Agency or receive a
43.29 funding commitment from USDA Rural
43.30 Economic and Community Development
43.31 by June 30, 2007, or for projects on
43.32 the 2007 project priority list in priority
43.33 order by qualified applicants that submit
43.34 plans and specifications to the Pollution
43.35 Control Agency or have received a funding
43.36 commitment from USDA Rural Economic
44.1 and Community Development by December
44.2 31, 2007.
44.3 $300,000 of this appropriation is from the
44.4 general fund to implement the wastewater
44.5 infrastructure program.
44.6 (b) The grants listed in this paragraph are not
44.7 subject to the 2006 or 2007 project priority
44.8 list nor to the limitations on grant amounts
44.9 set forth in Minnesota Statutes, section
44.10 446A.072, subdivision 5a.
44.11 Up to $6,500,000 is for corrective action
44.12 on systems build since 2000 with federal
44.13 USDA Rural and Economic and Community
44.14 Development money or Small Cities
44.15 Development Program grant money that
44.16 are problematic or failing for the cities of
44.17 Big Fork, Darfur, Donaldson, Nerstrand,
44.18 Palisade, Spring Hill, Strandquist, Tamarack,
44.19 and Wolf Lake. A grant must not exceed the
44.20 amount of federal money used in the project
44.21 unless, upon consultation with the Pollution
44.22 Control Agency, the consulting engineers,
44.23 and other reliable technical experts, the
44.24 authority determines the best course of action
44.25 to correct the problem would exceed that
44.26 amount and that other grant funding is not
44.27 available.
44.28 Up to $500,000 is for the cities of Dunnell,
44.29 Dumont, Henriette, Lewisville, McGrath, and
44.30 Ostrander to cover necessary and appropriate
44.31 costs over and above the money appropriated
44.32 in Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section
44.33 23, subdivision 3, paragraph (b).
44.34 (c) $3,000,000 of the appropriation in this
44.35 subdivision is for a grant to the city of Askov
44.36 to acquire land for, and to design, construct,
45.1 furnish, and equip a new wastewater
45.2 treatment facility and sewer and water
45.3 extensions in the city of Askov.
45.4 (d) $1,500,000 of the appropriation in this
45.5 subdivision is for a grant to Lake Township
45.6 in Roseau County to design, construct,
45.7 furnish, and equip a wastewater treatment
45.8 plant at Springsteel.
45.9 Subd. 4.Central Iron Range Sanitary Sewer
45.10 District Treatment Facilities 2,500,000
45.11 To the Public Facilities Authority for a
45.12 grant to the Central Iron Range Sanitary
45.13 Sewer District to design, construct, and
45.14 equip an expansion of wastewater treatment
45.15 at Hibbing's South Wastewater Treatment
45.16 Plant, mercury treatment facilities at the
45.17 plant, and sanitary sewer lines to connect
45.18 Hibbing, Chisholm, and Buhl to use the
45.19 upgrades at the plant.
45.20 Subd. 5.Greater Minnesota Business
45.21 Development Infrastructure Grant Program 7,750,000
45.22 For grants under Minnesota Statutes, section
45.23 116J.431.
45.24 $250,000 is for a grant to Polk County to
45.25 build approximately one mile of ten-ton road
45.26 to provide access to a new ethanol plant
45.27 outside of the city of Erskine.
45.28 $1,400,000 is for a grant to the city of
45.29 LaCrescent for public infrastructure made
45.30 necessary by the reconstruction of a highway
45.31 and a bridge.
45.32 Subd. 6.Redevelopment Account 9,000,000
45.33 For purposes of the redevelopment account
45.34 under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.571.
45.35 $800,000 is for a grant to the city of
45.36 Worthington to remediate contaminated
46.1 soil and redevelop the site of the former
46.2 Campbell Soup factory.
46.3 $250,000 is for a grant to the city of
46.4 Winona to predesign facilities for the
46.5 Shakespeare Festival as part of the riverfront
46.6 redevelopment plan. This grant is exempt
46.7 from the requirements of Minnesota Statutes,
46.8 sections 116J.572 to 116J.575.
46.9 Subd. 7.Bioscience business development
46.10 public infrastructure grant program 10,000,000
46.11 For grants under new Minnesota Statutes,
46.12 section 116J.435.
46.13 Up to $8,000,000 is for a grant to the city of
46.14 Rochester.
46.15 $2,000,000 is for grants to political
46.16 subdivisions to predesign, design, construct,
46.17 furnish, and equip publicly owned
46.18 infrastructure required to support bioscience
46.19 development in Minnesota outside of
46.20 the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota,
46.21 Hennepin, Olmsted, Ramsey, Scott, and
46.22 Washington.
46.23 Subd. 8.Workforce Center Renovations 600,000
46.24 For renovation of the Workforce Center in
46.25 North Minneapolis. Renovations include
46.26 exterior sheathing, mold remediation,
46.27 electrical service upgrades, window
46.28 replacement, overhead sprinklers, alley
46.29 drainage, ADA compliance costs, and other
46.30 costs necessary to remediate water damage.
46.31 Subd. 9.Total Maximum Daily Load
46.32 (TMDL) Grants 5,000,000
46.33 To the Public Facilities Authority for total
46.34 maximum daily load grants under Minnesota
46.35 Statutes, section 446A.073.
46.36 Subd. 10.Clean Water Legacy 3,310,000
47.1 To the Public Facilities Authority for the
47.2 purposes specified in this subdivision.
47.3 (a) $2,310,000 is for the phosphorus
47.4 reduction grant program for grants under
47.5 Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.074. A
47.6 grant must not exceed $500,000 per project.
47.7 (b) $1,000,000 is for the small community
47.8 wastewater treatment fund for loans and
47.9 grants under Minnesota Statutes, section
47.10 446A.075.
47.11 Subd. 11.Bemidji Regional Events Center 3,000,000
47.12 For a grant to the city of Bemidji to
47.13 predesign, design, and acquire and prepare a
47.14 site for a regional event center.
47.15 Subd. 12.Burnsville - water treatment
47.16 facility 2,500,000
47.17 To the Public Facilities Authority for a grant
47.18 to the city of Burnsville to design, construct,
47.19 furnish, and equip a water treatment facility
47.20 that will provide an additional potable water
47.21 source for the city of Burnsville using water
47.22 from the Burnsville quarry.
47.23 This appropriation is added to the
47.24 appropriation in Laws 2005, chapter 20,
47.25 article 1, section 23, subdivision 6, and is
47.26 subject to the same conditions.
47.27 Subd. 13.Duluth
47.28 Lake Superior Zoo 600,000
47.29 For a grant to the city of Duluth to predesign,
47.30 design, construct, furnish, and equip
47.31 renovations to the Polar Shores exhibit.
47.32 This appropriation is not available until the
47.33 commissioner has determined that at least
47.34 $200,000 has been committed from nonstate
47.35 sources.
47.36 Subd. 14.Itasca County - infrastructure 12,000,000
48.1 For a grant to Itasca County for public
48.2 infrastructure needed to support a steel plant
48.3 in Itasca County or an innovative energy
48.4 project in Itasca County under Minnesota
48.5 Statutes, section 216B.1694, that uses clean
48.6 energy technology as defined in Minnesota
48.7 Statutes, section 216B.1693, or both. Grant
48.8 money may be used by Itasca County to
48.9 acquire right-of-way and mitigate loss of
48.10 wetlands and runoff of storm water, to
48.11 predesign, design, construct, and equip
48.12 roads and rail lines, and, in cooperation
48.13 with municipal public utilities, to predesign,
48.14 design, construct, and equip natural gas
48.15 pipelines, electric infrastructure, water
48.16 supply systems, and wastewater collection
48.17 and treatment systems.
48.18 Up to $4,000,000 of this appropriation may
48.19 be spent before the full financing for either
48.20 project has been closed.
48.21 Subd. 15.Lewis and Clark Rural Water
48.22 System, Inc. 3,282,000
48.23 To the Public Facilities Authority for grants
48.24 to the city of Luverne, city of Worthington
48.25 Public Utilities, Lincoln-Pipestone rural
48.26 water system, and Rock County rural water
48.27 system to acquire land, predesign, design,
48.28 construct, furnish, and equip one or more
48.29 water transmission and storage facilities to
48.30 accommodate the connection with the Lewis
48.31 and Clark Rural Water System, Inc. that will
48.32 serve southwestern Minnesota.
48.33 The grants must be awarded to projects
48.34 approved by the Lewis and Clark Joint
48.35 Powers Board.
48.36 This appropriation is available to the extent
48.37 that each $1 of state money is matched by at
49.1 least $1 of local money paid to the Lewis and
49.2 Clark Rural Water System, Inc. to reimburse
49.3 the system for costs incurred on eligible
49.4 projects.
49.5 Subd. 16.Little Falls - Zoo 400,000
49.6 For a grant to the city of Little Falls in
49.7 Morrison County to design and construct
49.8 capital improvements at the Little Falls Zoo.
49.9 Subd. 17.Minneapolis
49.10 (a) Lowry Avenue Corridor 5,000,000
49.11 For a grant to Hennepin County for Phase II
49.12 capital improvements to the Lowry Avenue
49.13 corridor from Theodore Wirth Parkway to
49.14 Girard Avenue in Minneapolis.
49.15 (b) Shubert Performing Arts and Education
49.16 Center 11,000,000
49.17 For a grant to the city of Minneapolis to
49.18 construct, furnish, and equip the Shubert
49.19 Theater and an associated atrium to create
49.20 the Minnesota Shubert Performing Arts and
49.21 Education Center.
49.22 The city of Minneapolis may establish and
49.23 maintain a performing arts and education
49.24 center for the purposes of public arts
49.25 education and dance, music, and other
49.26 performances. The city may exercise the
49.27 powers granted in Minnesota Statutes,
49.28 section 471.191, to acquire and better
49.29 facilities for a performing arts and education
49.30 center. Performing arts and education
49.31 facilities that have been acquired or bettered
49.32 in whole or in part with the proceeds of
49.33 state bonds must be owned or leased by
49.34 the city, but may be leased to or managed
49.35 by a nonprofit organization to carry out
49.36 the purposes of the performing arts and
50.1 education program established by the city.
50.2 The lease or management agreement must
50.3 comply with the requirements of Minnesota
50.4 Statutes, section 16A.695.
50.5 This appropriation is not available until the
50.6 commissioner has determined that at least
50.7 an equal amount has been committed from
50.8 nonstate sources.
50.9 Subd. 18.Mountain Iron - Energy Park 500,000
50.10 For a grant to the city of Mountain Iron to
50.11 prepare a site for and construct access roads
50.12 and utilities for a sustainable and renewable
50.13 energy industrial park to be located in the
50.14 city of Mountain Iron.
50.15 Subd. 19.Redwood-Cottonwood Rivers
50.16 Control Area 1,600,000
50.17 To the Public Facilities Authority for a grant
50.18 to the Redwood-Cottonwood Rivers Control
50.19 Area, a joint powers entity, to predesign,
50.20 design, construct, and equip the reservoir
50.21 reclamation and enhancement of the 66-acre
50.22 Lake Redwood Reservoir to increase its
50.23 depth from 2.8 feet to 15 feet to remove
50.24 650,000 cubic yards of sediment, to attain
50.25 compliance with both turbidity and fecal
50.26 coliform impairments for the project area,
50.27 and to secure renewable energy capacity of
50.28 the hydroelectric dam, which is impeded by
50.29 lack of water capacity.
50.30 The appropriation is not available until the
50.31 authority determines that an equal amount
50.32 has been committed to the project from
50.33 nonstate sources. The nonstate portion will
50.34 provide low interest loans to remediate or
50.35 replace 173 noncompliant septic systems
50.36 that are imminent health threats and provide
51.1 technical assistance to reduce phosphorus
51.2 loading to the Redwood River to assist total
51.3 maximum daily load (TMDL) compliance of
51.4 the low-dissolved oxygen impairment on the
51.5 lower Minnesota River.
51.6 Subd. 20Roseville - John Rose Minnesota
51.7 Oval 500,000
51.8 For a grant to the city of Roseville to
51.9 predesign, design, construct, furnish, and
51.10 equip the renovation of the John Rose
51.11 Minnesota Oval.
51.12 Subd. 21.St. Paul
51.13 (a) Asian Pacific Cultural Center 400,000
51.14 For a grant to the city of St. Paul to design
51.15 an Asian Pacific Cultural center, subject
51.16 to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695.
51.17 This appropriation is not available until the
51.18 commissioner has determined that at least
51.19 an equal amount has been committed from
51.20 nonstate sources.
51.21 (b) Ordway Center for the Performing Arts 7,500,000
51.22 For a grant to the city of St. Paul to design,
51.23 construct, furnish, and equip the renovation
51.24 of the Ordway Center for the Performing
51.25 Arts. The city of St. Paul may operate a
51.26 performing arts center and may enter into
51.27 a lease or management agreement for the
51.28 center, subject to Minnesota Statutes, section
51.29 16A.695.
51.30 Subd. 22.Southwest Regional Event Center 11,000,000
51.31 To the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota
51.32 State Colleges and Universities to design,
51.33 construct, furnish, and equip a multipurpose
51.34 regional event center at Southwest Minnesota
51.35 State University.
52.1 This appropriation is not available until the
52.2 board determines that at least $5,000,000 has
52.3 been committed to the project from private,
52.4 nongovernmental sources.
52.5 Subd. 23.Virginia - Regional Medical Center
52.6 Helipad 600,000
52.7 For a grant to the city of Virginia to design,
52.8 construct, furnish, and equip an access
52.9 elevator and helipad to be located on the roof
52.10 of the Virginia Regional Medical Center.
52.11 Subd. 24.Willmar - Rice Memorial Hospital
52.12 Dental Clinic 500,000
52.13 For a grant to the city of Willmar to construct
52.14 a dental clinic at the Rice Memorial Hospital
52.15 in Willmar. The clinic is to be operated
52.16 collaboratively with the University of
52.17 Minnesota School of Dentistry to provide
52.18 dental care to underserved patients and an
52.19 opportunity for students to practice in a rural
52.20 setting.

52.21 Sec. 22. HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY
52.22 Subdivision 1. To the Housing Finance Agency
52.23 for the purposes specified in this section 19,500,000
52.24 Subd. 2.Transitional housing 2,000,000
52.25 For loans or grants for publicly owned
52.26 temporary or transitional housing under
52.27 Minnesota Statutes, section 462A.201,
52.28 subdivision 2. If money appropriated under
52.29 this subdivision has not been selected for
52.30 commitment by the Housing Finance Agency
52.31 within 18 months after the effective date
52.32 of this section, after written notice to the
52.33 commissioner of finance, the agency may
52.34 allocate the uncommitted money to loans and
52.35 grants for publicly owned permanent rental
52.36 housing under subdivision 3 and Minnesota
52.37 Statutes, section 462A.202, subdivision 3a.
53.1 Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, applies
53.2 to the amounts transferred from the date of
53.3 the original appropriation.
53.4 Subd. 3.Supportive Housing for Long-term
53.5 Homeless 17,500,000
53.6 For loans and grants for publicly owned
53.7 permanent rental housing under Minnesota
53.8 Statutes, section 462A.202, subdivision 3a,
53.9 for persons who either have been without a
53.10 permanent residence for at least 12 months
53.11 or on at least four occasions in the last
53.12 three years, or who are at significant risk of
53.13 lacking a permanent residence for at least 12
53.14 months or on at least four occasions in the
53.15 last three years. The housing must provide
53.16 or coordinate with linkages to services
53.17 necessary for residents to maintain housing
53.18 stability and maximize opportunities for
53.19 education and employment.
53.20 Preference among comparable proposals
53.21 must be given to proposals that (1) colocate
53.22 housing and services accessible to the
53.23 general public as well as to the residents, and
53.24 (2) provide housing affordable to a range of
53.25 household income levels.

53.26 Sec. 23. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL
53.27 SOCIETY
53.28 Subdivision 1.To the Minnesota Historical
53.29 Society for the purposes specified in this section 5,672,000
53.30 Subd. 2.Historic sites asset preservation 3,000,000
53.31 For capital improvements and betterments
53.32 at state historic sites, buildings, landscaping
53.33 at historic buildings, exhibits, markers, and
53.34 monuments, to be spent in accordance with
53.35 Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307. The
53.36 society shall determine project priorities as
53.37 appropriate based on need.
54.1 Subd. 3.Historic Fort Snelling Museum 1,100,000
54.2 To design the restoration and renovation of
54.3 the 1904 Cavalry Barracks Building for the
54.4 historic Fort Snelling Museum.
54.5 Subd. 4.County and local preservation
54.6 grants 1,000,000
54.7 To be allocated to county and local
54.8 jurisdictions as matching money for historic
54.9 preservation projects of a capital nature,
54.10 as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section
54.11 138.93. Grant recipients must be public
54.12 entities and must match state funds on at
54.13 least an equal basis. The facilities must be
54.14 publicly owned.
54.15 $100,000 is for a grant to the city of
54.16 Maplewood to complete restoration of
54.17 the Bruentrup Farm in Maplewood. This
54.18 appropriation is not available until the
54.19 commissioner of finance has determined that
54.20 at least an equal amount has been committed
54.21 from nonstate sources.
54.22 Subd. 5.History Center visitor services 572,000
54.23 For security upgrades and facility renovations
54.24 in the library and for electrical infrastructure
54.25 upgrades.

54.26 Sec. 24. BOND SALE EXPENSES 948,000
54.27 To the commissioner of finance for bond sale
54.28 expenses under Minnesota Statutes, section
54.29 16A.641, subdivision 8.

54.30 Sec. 25. BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.
54.31 Subdivision 1. Bond proceeds fund. To provide the money appropriated in this act
54.32 from the bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the
54.33 state in an amount up to $925,080,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect
54.34 prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota
54.35 Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
55.1 Subd. 2. Maximum effort school loan fund. To provide the money appropriated in
55.2 this act from the maximum effort school loan fund, the commissioner of finance shall sell
55.3 and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $10,700,000 in the manner, upon the terms,
55.4 and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by
55.5 the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7. The proceeds of the bonds, except
55.6 accrued interest and any premium received on the sale of the bonds, must be credited to a
55.7 bond proceeds account in the maximum effort school loan fund.
55.8 Subd. 3. Transportation fund bond proceeds account. To provide the money
55.9 appropriated in this act from the state transportation fund, the commissioner of finance
55.10 shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $71,000,000 in the manner, upon
55.11 the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to
55.12 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7. The proceeds of
55.13 the bonds, except accrued interest and any premium received on the sale of the bonds,
55.14 must be credited to a bond proceeds account in the state transportation fund.

55.15 Sec. 26. CANCELLATION.
55.16 The $7,800,000 appropriation in Laws 2002, chapter 280, section 3, to the
55.17 Metropolitan Council to design and construct bus garages, is canceled. The bond sale
55.18 authorization in Laws 2002, chapter 280, section 4, is reduced by $7,800,000.

55.19 Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 16A.11, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
55.20 Subdivision 1. When. The governor shall submit a three-part budget to the
55.21 legislature. Parts one and two, the budget message and detailed operating budget, must
55.22 be submitted by the fourth Tuesday in January in each odd-numbered year. However,
55.23 in a year following the election of a governor who had not been governor the previous
55.24 year, parts one and two must be submitted by the third Tuesday in February. Part three,
55.25 the detailed recommendations as to capital expenditure, must be submitted as follows:
55.26 agency capital budget requests by July 1 15 of each odd-numbered year, and governor's
55.27 recommendations by January 15 of each even-numbered year. Detailed recommendations
55.28 as to information technology expenditure must be submitted as part of the detailed
55.29 operating budget. Information technology recommendations must include projects to be
55.30 funded during the next biennium and planning estimates for an additional two bienniums.
55.31 Information technology recommendations must specify purposes of the funding such as
55.32 infrastructure, hardware, software, or training.

55.33 Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 16A.86, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
56.1 Subd. 2. Budget request. A political subdivision that requests an appropriation of
56.2 state money for a local capital improvement project is encouraged to submit a preliminary
56.3 the request to the commissioner of finance by June July 15 of an odd-numbered year to
56.4 ensure its full consideration. The final request must be submitted by November 1. The
56.5 requests must be submitted in the form and with the supporting documentation required
56.6 by the commissioner of finance. All requests timely received by the commissioner must
56.7 be forwarded to the legislature, along with agency requests, by the deadline established
56.8 in section 16A.11, subdivision 1.

56.9 Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 16A.86, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
56.10 Subd. 4. Funding. (a) The state share of a project covered by this section must be
56.11 no more than half the total cost of the project, including predesign, design, construction,
56.12 furnishings, and equipment, except as provided in paragraph (b). This subdivision does
56.13 not apply to a project proposed by a school district or other school organization.
56.14 (b) The state share may be more than half the total cost of a project if the project is
56.15 deemed needed as a result of a disaster or to prevent a disaster or is located in a political
56.16 subdivision with a very low average net tax capacity.
56.17 (c) Nothing in this section prevents the governor from recommending, or the
56.18 legislature from considering or funding, projects that do not meet the deadlines deadline in
56.19 subdivision 2 or the criteria in this subdivision or subdivision 3 when the governor or the
56.20 legislature determines that there is a compelling reason for the recommendation or funding.

56.21 Sec. 30. [16B.307] ASSET PRESERVATION APPROPRIATIONS.
56.22 Subdivision 1. Standards. Article XI, section 5, clause (a), of the Constitution
56.23 requires that state general obligation bonds be issued to finance only the acquisition or
56.24 betterment of public land, buildings, and other public improvements of a capital nature.
56.25 Money appropriated for asset preservation, whether from state bond proceeds or from
56.26 other revenue, is subject to the following additional limitations:
56.27 (a) An appropriation for asset preservation may not be used to acquire new land nor
56.28 to acquire or construct new buildings, additions to buildings, or major new improvements.
56.29 (b) An appropriation for asset preservation may be used only for a capital
56.30 expenditure on a capital asset previously owned by the state, within the meaning
56.31 of generally accepted accounting principles as applied to public expenditures. The
56.32 commissioner of administration will consult with the commissioner of finance to the
56.33 extent necessary to ensure this and will furnish the commissioner of finance a list of
56.34 projects to be financed from the account in order of their priority. The legislature assumes
56.35 that many projects for preservation and replacement of portions of existing capital
57.1 assets will constitute betterments and capital improvements within the meaning of the
57.2 Constitution and capital expenditures under generally accepted accounting principles,
57.3 and will be financed more efficiently and economically under this section than by direct
57.4 appropriations for specific projects.
57.5 (c) Categories of projects considered likely to be most needed and appropriate for
57.6 asset preservation appropriations are the following:
57.7 (1) projects to remove life safety hazards, like building code violations or structural
57.8 defects. Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a project in this category may include an addition
57.9 to an existing building if it is a required component of the hazard removal project;
57.10 (2) projects to eliminate or contain hazardous substances like asbestos or lead paint;
57.11 (3) major projects to replace or repair roofs, windows, tuckpointing, mechanical or
57.12 electrical systems, utility infrastructure, tunnels, site renovations necessary to support
57.13 building use, and structural components necessary to preserve the exterior and interior
57.14 of existing buildings; and
57.15 (4) projects to renovate parking structures.
57.16 (d) Up to ten percent of an appropriation subject to this section may be used for
57.17 design costs for projects eligible to be funded under this section in anticipation of future
57.18 asset preservation appropriations.
57.19 Subd. 2. Report. By January 15 of each year, the commissioner of an agency that
57.20 has received an appropriation for asset preservation shall submit to the commissioner of
57.21 finance, the chairs of the legislative committees or divisions that currently oversee the
57.22 appropriations to the agency, and to the chairs of the senate and house of representatives
57.23 Capital Investment Committees, a list of the projects that have been funded with money
57.24 under this program during the preceding calendar year, as well as a list of those priority
57.25 asset preservation projects for which state bond proceeds fund appropriations will be
57.26 sought during that year's legislative session.

57.27 Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 85.015, is amended by adding a subdivision
57.28 to read:
57.29 Subd. 25. Great River Ridge Trail, Wabasha and Olmsted Counties. (a) The
57.30 trail shall originate in the city of Plainview in Wabasha County and extend southwesterly
57.31 through the city of Elgin in Wabasha County and the town of Viola in Olmsted County to
57.32 the Chester Woods Trail in Olmsted County.
57.33 (b) The commissioner of natural resources shall enter an agreement with the
57.34 Wabasha County Regional Rail Authority to maintain and develop the Great River Ridge
57.35 Trail as a state trail.
58.1 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day after the governing body of
58.2 the Wabasha County Regional Rail Authority and its chief clerical officer timely complete
58.3 their compliance with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3.

58.4 Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 85.019, subdivision 2, is
58.5 amended to read:
58.6 Subd. 2. Parks and outdoor recreation areas. (a) The commissioner shall
58.7 administer a program to provide grants to units of government for up to 50 percent of the
58.8 costs of acquisition and betterment of public land and improvements needed for parks and
58.9 other outdoor recreation areas and facilities, including costs to create veterans memorial
58.10 gardens and parks.
58.11 (b) For units of government outside the metropolitan area as defined in section
58.12 473.121, subdivision 2, the local match required for a grant to acquire or better a regional
58.13 park or regional outdoor recreation area is $2 of nonstate money for each $3 of state money.

58.14 Sec. 33. [86A.12] NATURAL RESOURCES CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
58.15 PROGRAM.
58.16 Subdivision 1. Establishment. A natural resources capital improvement program
58.17 is established to prioritize among eligible public projects to be funded from state bond
58.18 proceeds appropriated to the commissioner and distinctly specified for the purposes of
58.19 the program established in this section and in accordance with the standards and criteria
58.20 set forth in this section.
58.21 Subd. 2. Purposes. The purpose of the natural resources capital improvement
58.22 program is to improve the management and conservation of the natural resources of the
58.23 state, including recreational, scientific and natural areas, and wild game and fish, through
58.24 the acquisition and betterment of public lands, buildings, and improvements of a capital
58.25 nature.
58.26 Subd. 3. Program standards. Article XI, section 5, clause (a), of the Constitution
58.27 provides that state general obligation bonds may be issued to finance the acquisition
58.28 or betterment, including preservation, of public land, buildings, and improvements of
58.29 a capital nature and to provide money to be appropriated or loaned to any agency or
58.30 political subdivision of the state for those purposes. Article XI, section 5, clause (f), of the
58.31 Constitution further provides that state general obligation bonds may be issued to finance
58.32 the promotion of forestation and prevention and abatement of forest fires, including the
58.33 compulsory clearing and improving of public and private wild lands. In interpreting these
58.34 provisions and applying them to the purpose of the program established in this section,
59.1 the following standards are adopted for determining the priority among eligible natural
59.2 resources projects to be funded under the program:
59.3 (a) A project will be an expenditure eligible under this program only when it is a
59.4 capital expenditure on a capital asset owned or to be owned by the state or a political
59.5 subdivision of the state within the meaning of accepted accounting principles as applied to
59.6 public expenditures. The legislature assumes that some provisions for the management
59.7 and conservation of the natural resources of the state constituting acquisition or betterment
59.8 of land, buildings, or capital improvements within the meaning of the Constitution will be
59.9 sensitive to timing and circumstances and require discretion of the commissioner based on
59.10 currently available facts and circumstances, particularly projects related to the mitigation
59.11 of natural disasters and the acquisition of lands as they become available, and so these
59.12 projects will be financed more efficiently and economically under the program than by
59.13 separate appropriations for each project.
59.14 (b) The commissioner will review potential eligible projects, will make initial
59.15 allocations among types of eligible projects within each category enumerated in the act
59.16 making an appropriation for the program, will determine priorities within each category,
59.17 and will allocate money as specified in the appropriation act and in priority order within
59.18 each category until the available appropriation for the category has been committed.
59.19 Subd. 4. Criteria for priorities. (a) The following criteria must be considered:
59.20 (1) expansion of the natural resources of the state for the enjoyment and use of
59.21 the public;
59.22 (2) urgency in providing for the conservation of the natural resources of the state,
59.23 including protection of threatened and endangered species and waters;
59.24 (3) necessity in ensuring the safety of the public; and
59.25 (4) additional criteria for priorities otherwise specified in state law, statute, rule,
59.26 or regulation applicable to a category listed in the act making an appropriation for the
59.27 program.
59.28 (b) Criteria can be stated only in general terms, since it is a purpose of the program
59.29 to improve the allocation of limited amounts of available funds by enlisting the knowledge
59.30 and experience of the Department of Natural Resources in determining relative needs as
59.31 they develop.
59.32 (c) The criteria in paragraph (a) are not listed in a rank order of priority.
59.33 (d) Economy is also to be determined and may even reinforce a decision based on
59.34 other criteria, if the project would forestall a larger future capital expenditure or would
59.35 reduce operating expense.
60.1 (e) Absolute cost must also be considered. It may be too high to warrant funding
60.2 except by an additional appropriation, or so high as to warrant a recommendation to
60.3 abandon the project. It may be so low as to permit payment out of the department's
60.4 operating budget.
60.5 Subd. 5. Report. By January 15 of each year, the commissioner of natural resources
60.6 shall submit to the commissioner of finance, the chairs of the legislative committees or
60.7 divisions that currently oversee the appropriations to the Department of Natural Resources,
60.8 and to the chairs of the senate and the house of representatives Capital Investment
60.9 Committees, a list of the projects that have been funded with money under this program
60.10 during the preceding calendar year, as well as a list of those priority projects for which
60.11 state bond proceeds fund appropriations will be sought under this program during that
60.12 year's legislative session.

60.13 Sec. 34. [116J.435] BIOSCIENCE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC
60.14 INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM.
60.15 Subdivision 1. Creation of account. A bioscience business development public
60.16 infrastructure account is created in the bond proceeds fund. Money in the account may
60.17 only be used for capital costs of public infrastructure for eligible bioscience business
60.18 development projects.
60.19 Subd. 2. Definitions. For purposes of this section:
60.20 (1) "local governmental unit" means a county, city, town, special district, or other
60.21 political subdivision or public corporation;
60.22 (2) "governing body" means the council, board of commissioners, board of trustees,
60.23 or other body charged with governing a local governmental unit;
60.24 (3) "public infrastructure" means publicly owned physical infrastructure in this state,
60.25 including, but not limited to, wastewater collection and treatment systems, drinking water
60.26 systems, storm sewers, utility extensions, telecommunications infrastructure, streets,
60.27 roads, bridges, parking ramps, facilities that support basic science and clinical research,
60.28 and research infrastructure; and
60.29 (4) "eligible project" means a bioscience business development capital improvement
60.30 project in this state, including: manufacturing; technology; warehousing and distribution;
60.31 research and development; bioscience business incubator; agricultural bioprocessing; or
60.32 industrial, office, or research park development that would be used by a bioscience-based
60.33 business.
61.1 Subd. 3. Grant program established. (a) The commissioner shall make
61.2 competitive grants to local governmental units to acquire and prepare land on which
61.3 public infrastructure required to support an eligible project will be located, including
61.4 demolition of structures and remediation of any hazardous conditions on the land, or to
61.5 predesign, design, acquire, construct, furnish, and equip public infrastructure required to
61.6 support an eligible project. The local governmental unit receiving a grant must provide for
61.7 the remainder of the public infrastructure costs.
61.8 (b) The amount of a grant may not exceed the lesser of the cost of the public
61.9 infrastructure or 50 percent of the sum of the cost of the public infrastructure plus the cost
61.10 of the completed eligible project.
61.11 (c) The purpose of the program is to keep or enhance jobs in the area, increase the
61.12 tax base, or to expand or create new economic development through the growth of new
61.13 bioscience businesses and organizations.
61.14 Subd. 4. Application. (a) The commissioner must develop forms and procedures
61.15 for soliciting and reviewing applications for grants under this section. At a minimum, a
61.16 local governmental unit must include the following information in its application:
61.17 (1) a resolution of its governing body certifying that the money required to be
61.18 supplied by the local governmental unit to complete the public infrastructure is available
61.19 and committed;
61.20 (2) a detailed estimate, along with necessary supporting evidence, of the total
61.21 development costs for the public infrastructure and eligible project;
61.22 (3) an assessment of the potential or likely use of the site for bioscience activities
61.23 after completion of the public infrastructure and eligible project;
61.24 (4) a timeline indicating the major milestones of the public infrastructure and eligible
61.25 project and their anticipated completion dates;
61.26 (5) a commitment from the governing body to repay the grant if the milestones are
61.27 not realized by the completion date identified in clause (4); and
61.28 (6) any additional information or material the commissioner prescribes.
61.29 (b) The determination of whether to make a grant under subdivision 3 is within the
61.30 discretion of the commissioner, subject to this section. The commissioner's decisions and
61.31 application of the priorities are not subject to judicial review, except for abuse of discretion.
61.32 Subd. 5. Priorities. (a) If applications for grants exceed the available appropriations,
61.33 grants must be made for public infrastructure that, in the commissioner's judgment,
61.34 provides the highest return in public benefits for the public costs incurred. "Public benefits"
61.35 include job creation, environmental benefits to the state and region, efficient use of public
62.1 transportation, efficient use of existing infrastructure, provision of affordable housing,
62.2 multiuse development that constitutes community rebuilding rather than single-use
62.3 development, crime reduction, blight reduction, community stabilization, and property tax
62.4 base maintenance or improvement. In making this judgment, the commissioner shall give
62.5 priority to eligible projects with one or more of the following characteristics:
62.6 (1) the potential of the local government unit to attract viable bioscience businesses;
62.7 (2) proximity to public transit if located in a metropolitan county, as defined in
62.8 section 473.121, subdivision 4;
62.9 (3) multijurisdictional eligible projects that take into account the need for affordable
62.10 housing, transportation, and environmental impact;
62.11 (4) the eligible project is not relocating substantially the same operation from another
62.12 location in the state, unless the commissioner determines the eligible project cannot be
62.13 reasonably accommodated within the local governmental unit in which the business is
62.14 currently located, or the business would otherwise relocate to another state or country; and
62.15 (5) the number of jobs that will be created.
62.16 (b) The factors in paragraph (a) are not listed in a rank order of priority; rather, the
62.17 commissioner may weigh each factor, depending upon the facts and circumstances, as
62.18 the commissioner considers appropriate.
62.19 Subd. 6. Cancellation of grant. If a grant is awarded to a local governmental unit
62.20 and funds are not encumbered for the grant within four years after the award date, the
62.21 grant must be canceled.
62.22 Subd. 7. Repayment of grant. If an eligible project supported by public
62.23 infrastructure funded with a grant awarded under this section is not occupied by a
62.24 bioscience business in accordance with the grant application under subdivision 4 within
62.25 five years after the date of the last grant payment, the grant recipient must repay the
62.26 amount of the grant received. The commissioner must deposit all money received under
62.27 this subdivision into the state treasury and credit it to the debt service account in the
62.28 state bond fund.

62.29 Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 136F.98, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
62.30 Subdivision 1. Issuance of bonds. The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State
62.31 Colleges and Universities or a successor may issue revenue bonds under sections 136F.90
62.32 to 136F.97 whose aggregate principal amount at any time may not exceed $100,000,000,
62.33 $150,000,000 and payable from the revenue appropriated to the fund established by
62.34 section 136F.94, and use the proceeds together with other public or private money that
62.35 may otherwise become available to acquire land, and to acquire, construct, complete,
63.1 remodel, and equip structures or portions thereof to be used for dormitory, residence hall,
63.2 student union, food service, and related parking purposes at, or for any other similar
63.3 revenue-producing building or buildings of such type and character as the board finds
63.4 desirable for the good and benefit of the state universities. Before issuing the bonds or any
63.5 part of them, the board shall consult with and obtain the advisory recommendations of the
63.6 chairs of the house Ways and Means Committee and the senate Finance Committee about
63.7 the facilities to be financed by the bonds.

63.8 Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 222.49, is amended to read:
63.9 222.49 RAIL SERVICE IMPROVEMENT ACCOUNT; APPROPRIATION.
63.10 The rail service improvement account is created in the special revenue fund in the
63.11 state treasury. The commissioner shall deposit in this account all money appropriated to
63.12 or received by the department for the purpose of rail service improvement, including
63.13 excluding bond proceeds as authorized by article XI, section 5, clause (i) of the Minnesota
63.14 Constitution. All money so deposited is appropriated to the department for expenditure
63.15 for rail service improvement in accordance with applicable state and federal law. This
63.16 appropriation shall not lapse but shall be available until the purpose for which it was
63.17 appropriated has been accomplished. No money appropriated to the department for the
63.18 purposes of administering the rail service improvement program shall be deposited in the
63.19 rail service improvement account nor shall such administrative costs be paid from the
63.20 account.

63.21 Sec. 37. [241.0222] CONTRACTS WITH NEWLY CONSTRUCTED JAIL
63.22 FACILITIES THAT PROVIDE ACCESS TO CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY
63.23 TREATMENT PROGRAMS.
63.24 Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the commissioner is expressly authorized
63.25 to enter into contracts, up to five years in duration, with a county or group of counties to
63.26 house inmates committed to the custody of the commissioner in newly constructed county
63.27 or regional jail facilities that provide inmates access to chemical dependency treatment
63.28 programs licensed by the Department of Human Services. A contract entered into under
63.29 this section may contain an option to renew the contract for a term of up to five years.
63.30 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

63.31 Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 245.036, is amended to read:
63.32 245.036 LEASES FOR STATE-OPERATED, COMMUNITY-BASED
63.33 PROGRAMS.
64.1 (a) Notwithstanding section 16B.24, subdivision 6, paragraph (a), or any other law
64.2 to the contrary, the commissioner of administration may lease land or other premises
64.3 to provide state-operated, community-based programs authorized by sections 246.014,
64.4 paragraph (a), 252.50, 253.018, and 253.28 for a term of 20 years or less, with a ten-year
64.5 or less option to renew, subject to cancellation upon 30 days' notice by the state for any
64.6 reason, except rental of other land or premises for the same use.
64.7 (b) The commissioner of administration may also lease land or premises from
64.8 political subdivisions of the state to provide state-operated, community-based programs
64.9 authorized by sections 246.014, paragraph (a), 252.50, 253.018, and 253.28 for a term of
64.10 20 years or less, with a ten-year or less option to renew. A lease under this paragraph may
64.11 be canceled only due to the lack of a legislative appropriation for the program.

64.12 Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 446A.12, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
64.13 Subdivision 1. Bonding authority. The authority may issue negotiable bonds in a
64.14 principal amount that the authority determines necessary to provide sufficient funds for
64.15 achieving its purposes, including the making of loans and purchase of securities, the
64.16 payment of interest on bonds of the authority, the establishment of reserves to secure its
64.17 bonds, the payment of fees to a third party providing credit enhancement, and the payment
64.18 of all other expenditures of the authority incident to and necessary or convenient to carry
64.19 out its corporate purposes and powers, but not including the making of grants. Bonds of
64.20 the authority may be issued as bonds or notes or in any other form authorized by law. The
64.21 principal amount of bonds issued and outstanding under this section at any time may not
64.22 exceed $1,250,000,000 $1,500,000,000, excluding bonds for which refunding bonds or
64.23 crossover refunding bonds have been issued.

64.24 Sec. 40. Laws 2000, chapter 492, article 1, section 7, subdivision 21, as amended by
64.25 Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 42, is amended to read:
64.26 Subd. 21.Harbor of Refuge at Two Harbors 1,000,000
64.27 To develop the harbor of refuge and marina
64.28 at Two Harbors, including public access
64.29 improvements, marina slips, parking
64.30 facilities, utilities, a fuel dock, and an
64.31 administration building.
64.32 This appropriation is not available until
64.33 the commissioner has determined that at
64.34 least $500,000 has been committed from
64.35 federal sources. Notwithstanding Minnesota
65.1 Statutes, section 16A.642, this appropriation
65.2 and its corresponding bond authorization do
65.3 not cancel until June 30, 2006 December 31,
65.4 2009.

65.5 Sec. 41. Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 19, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
65.6
65.7 Subd. 2.Northwest Busway 20,000,000
65.8 To design and construct a busway in
65.9 the northwest metropolitan area between
65.10 downtown Minneapolis and Rogers. This
65.11 appropriation is contingent on $12,000,000
65.12 from Hennepin county and $5,000,000 from
65.13 the metropolitan council for the project. Total
65.14 funding from all sources may be used for
65.15 roadway design, reconstruction, acquisition
65.16 of land and right-of-way, and to design,
65.17 construct, furnish, and equip transit stations
65.18 and park and rides. Design-build under new
65.19 Minnesota Statutes, sections 383B.158 to
65.20 383B.1586, may be used for implementing
65.21 this project. Notwithstanding Minnesota
65.22 Statutes, section 16A.642, this appropriation
65.23 and its corresponding bond authorization do
65.24 not cancel until December 31, 2010.

65.25 Sec. 42. Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 5, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
65.26 Subd. 2 Independent School District No. 38 -
65.27 Red Lake 18,000,000
65.28 This appropriation is from the maximum
65.29 effort school loan fund for a capital loan to
65.30 Independent School District No. 38, Red
65.31 Lake, as provided in Minnesota Statutes,
65.32 sections 126C.60 to 126C.72, to design,
65.33 construct, renovate, furnish, and equip a new
65.34 middle school and the existing high school.
65.35 The commissioner and Independent School
66.1 District No. 38, Red Lake, shall report to
66.2 the legislature by January 10, 2006, on the
66.3 progress of the capital loan.
66.4 The unexpended balance from the
66.5 appropriation in Laws 2002, chapter 393,
66.6 section 5, subdivision 2, to design, construct,
66.7 renovate, furnish, equip, and for health
66.8 and safety capital improvements to school
66.9 facilities may be added to this appropriation.

66.10 Sec. 43. Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 7, subdivision 14, is amended to read:
66.11 Subd. 14.State Trail Development 7,910,000
66.12 To acquire land for and to develop and
66.13 rehabilitate state trails as specified in
66.14 Minnesota Statutes, section 85.015.
66.15 $1,500,000 is for the Blazing Star Trail.
66.16 $435,000 is for a segment of the Blufflands
66.17 Trail, from Preston to Forestville.
66.18 $200,000 is for a segment of the Blufflands
66.19 Trail, from Chester Woods County Park
66.20 to the city limits of Rochester in Olmsted
66.21 County, primarily for nonmotorized riding
66.22 and hiking.
66.23 $400,000 is for the Douglas Trail.
66.24 $400,000 is for the Gateway Trail.
66.25 $725,000 is for the Gitchi Gami Trail.
66.26 $500,000 is for the Glacial Lakes Trail.
66.27 $200,000 is for the Goodhue Pioneer Trail.
66.28 $300,000 is for the Heartland Trail.
66.29 $300,000 is for the Mill Towns Trail.
66.30 $100,000 is for the Minnesota River Trail.
66.31 $2,400,000 is for the Paul Bunyan Trail:
66.32 $1,500,000 $320,000 is for an extension
66.33 across Excelsior Road in the city of Baxter to
66.34 connect with the Oberstar Tunnel and may
66.35 be used to match federal money for the trail;
67.1 $900,000 is to acquire right-of-way in the
67.2 city of Bemidji and to rehabilitate the trail.
67.3 $450,000 is for the Shooting Star Trail.

67.4 Sec. 44. Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 10, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
67.5 Subd. 2.RIM and CREP Conservation
67.6 Easements 23,000,000
67.7 This appropriation is to acquire conservation
67.8 easements from landowners on marginal
67.9 lands to protect soil and water quality and to
67.10 support fish and wildlife habitat as provided
67.11 in Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.515
67.12 sections 103F.501 to 103F.535.
67.13 $3,000,000 is to implement the program.

67.14 Sec. 45. Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 19, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
67.15 Subd. 6.Metropolitan Regional Parks
67.16 Capital Improvements 14,664,000
67.17 This appropriation must be used to pay the
67.18 cost of improvements and betterments of a
67.19 capital nature and acquisition by the council
67.20 and local government units of regional
67.21 recreational open-space lands in accordance
67.22 with the council's policy plan as provided in
67.23 Minnesota Statutes, section 473.147. Priority
67.24 should be given to park rehabilitation and
67.25 land acquisition projects.
67.26 For purposes of Minnesota Statutes, section
67.27 473.351, Columbia Parkway, Ridgeway
67.28 Parkway, and Stinson Boulevard are
67.29 considered to be part of the metropolitan
67.30 regional recreation open space system.
67.31 $100,000 is for a grant to Ramsey and
67.32 Washington Counties, or either of them
67.33 as jointly agreed, to prepare engineering
67.34 design documents for the development of
67.35 a trail adjacent to marked Trunk Highway
67.36 120 from its intersection with Joy Road
68.1 to its intersection with 20th Street in the
68.2 city of North St. Paul, adjacent to marked
68.3 Trunk Highway 96 from its intersection with
68.4 marked Trunk Highway 61 to its intersection
68.5 with marked Trunk Highway 244, and
68.6 adjacent to marked Trunk Highway 244 from
68.7 its intersection with marked Trunk Highway
68.8 96 to and including its intersection with
68.9 Washington County Road 12 to be known
68.10 as the Silver Lake Trail. The design must
68.11 be consistent with the recommendations
68.12 of the Lake Links Trail Network Master
68.13 Plan prepared for Ramsey and Washington
68.14 Counties.
68.15 $388,000 is for a grant to the city of St.
68.16 Paul for park and trail improvements in the
68.17 Desnoyer Park area, above the Meeker Island
68.18 lock historic site.
68.19 $4,676,000 is for a grant to the city of St.
68.20 Paul to design and construct river's edge
68.21 improvements at Raspberry Island and
68.22 Upper Landing and develop a public park on
68.23 Raspberry Island. Of this amount, $676,000
68.24 $56,000 is the local match for an Upper
68.25 Landing federal TEA-21 grant.
68.26 $2,500,000 is for a grant to the city of
68.27 South St. Paul for the closure, capping, and
68.28 remediation of approximately 80 acres of
68.29 the Port Crosby construction and demolition
68.30 debris landfill in South St. Paul, as the fourth
68.31 phase of converting the land into parkland,
68.32 and to restore approximately 80 acres of
68.33 riverfront land along the Mississippi River.

68.34 Sec. 46. Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 20, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
68.35 Subd. 2.State-Operated Services Forensics
68.36 Programs 3,259,000
69.1 To design new facilities to be constructed
69.2 on the campus of the St. Peter Moose Lake
69.3 Regional Treatment Center for individuals
69.4 committed as sexual psychopathic
69.5 personalities, sexually dangerous persons,
69.6 mentally ill, or mentally ill and dangerous.

69.7 Sec. 47. Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 20, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
69.8 Subd. 3.Systemwide Redevelopment, Reuse,
69.9 or Demolition 17,600,000
69.10 To demolish or improve surplus,
69.11 nonfunctional, or deteriorated facilities and
69.12 infrastructure at Department of Human
69.13 Services campuses statewide.
69.14 (a) Up to $8,600,000 may be used to
69.15 predesign, design, construct, furnish,
69.16 and equip renovation of existing space
69.17 or construction of new space for skilled
69.18 nursing home capacity for forensic treatment
69.19 programs operated by state-operated services
69.20 on the campus of St. Peter Regional
69.21 Treatment Center.
69.22 (b) $4,000,000 may be used to prepare
69.23 and develop a site, including demolition of
69.24 buildings and infrastructure, to implement
69.25 the redevelopment and reuse of the
69.26 Ah-Gwah-Ching Regional Treatment Center
69.27 campus. If the property is sold or transferred
69.28 to a local unit of government, the unspent
69.29 portion of this appropriation may be granted
69.30 to the local unit of government that acquires
69.31 the campus for the purposes stated in this
69.32 subdivision.
69.33 Up to $400,000 may be used for a grant
69.34 to the city of Walker to connect the water
69.35 reservoir to the city.
70.1 (c) $1,000,000 may be used to renovate one
70.2 or more buildings for chemical dependency
70.3 treatment specializing in methamphetamine
70.4 addiction, and demolish buildings, on the
70.5 Willmar Regional Treatment Center campus.
70.6 If the property is sold or transferred to a local
70.7 unit of government, the unspent portion of
70.8 this appropriation may be granted to the local
70.9 unit of government that acquires the campus
70.10 for the purposes stated in this subdivision.
70.11 (d) Up to $2,210,000 may be spent by the
70.12 commissioner of finance to retire municipal
70.13 bonds issued by the city of Fergus Falls
70.14 and to retire interfund loans incurred by the
70.15 city of Fergus Falls in connection with the
70.16 waste incinerator and steam heating facility
70.17 at the Fergus Falls Regional Treatment
70.18 Center. $447,610 of unexpended nonsalary
70.19 money from state-operated services may be
70.20 transferred as a grant to the city of Fergus
70.21 Falls to retire interfund loans incurred by the
70.22 city of Fergus Falls in connection with the
70.23 waste incinerator and steam heating facility
70.24 at the Fergus Falls Regional Treatment
70.25 Center. This money is only available upon
70.26 satisfactory completion of implementation of
70.27 the final master plan agreement, as approved
70.28 by the Department of Administration, the
70.29 Department of Human Services, and the city
70.30 of Fergus Falls.
70.31 (e) Up to $400,000 may be used for a grant to
70.32 the city of Fergus Falls to demolish the city's
70.33 waste-to-energy incineration plant located
70.34 on the grounds of the Fergus Falls Regional
70.35 Treatment Center.
71.1 (f) The provisions, terms, and conditions
71.2 of any grant made by the director of the
71.3 Office of Environmental Assistance under
71.4 Minnesota Statutes, chapter 115A, to the
71.5 city of Fergus Falls for the waste incinerator
71.6 steam heating facility that supports the
71.7 Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center and
71.8 that may come into effect as a result of the
71.9 incinerator and facility being closed, are
71.10 hereby waived.

71.11 Sec. 48. Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 20, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
71.12 Subd. 4. Willmar Regional Treatment Center
71.13 Retrofit 900,000
71.14 To demolish buildings, predesign, design,
71.15 renovate, construct, furnish, and equip
71.16 buildings at the Willmar Regional Treatment
71.17 Center for reuse, and renovate campus
71.18 support buildings and campus infrastructure,
71.19 including tunnels. These projects are to
71.20 develop the Willmar Regional Treatment
71.21 Center campus for health care, mental
71.22 health care, chemical dependency treatment,
71.23 housing, and other public purposes and
71.24 must be implemented consistent with the
71.25 recommendations in the final Willmar
71.26 Regional Treatment Center Master Plan and
71.27 Reuse Study prepared and approved under
71.28 Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 14,
71.29 article 6, section 64, subdivision 2, unless
71.30 expressly provided otherwise. If the Willmar
71.31 Regional Treatment Center property is sold
71.32 or transferred to a local unit of government,
71.33 the unspent portion of this appropriation may
71.34 be granted to the local unit of government
71.35 that acquires the campus for the purposes
72.1 stated in this subdivision to design, construct,
72.2 furnish, and equip a maintenance facility.

72.3 Sec. 49. Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 23, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
72.4 Subd. 3. Wastewater Infrastructure Funding
72.5 Program 29,900,000
72.6 (a) To the Public Facilities Authority for
72.7 the purposes specified in this subdivision.
72.8 $29,300,000 of this appropriation is for
72.9 grants and loans to eligible municipalities
72.10 under the wastewater infrastructure program
72.11 established in Minnesota Statutes, section
72.12 446A.072.
72.13 To the greatest practical extent, the authority
72.14 must use the appropriation for projects on
72.15 the 2005 project priority list in priority
72.16 order to qualified applicants that submit
72.17 plans and specifications to the Pollution
72.18 Control Agency or receive a funding
72.19 commitment from USDA Rural Economic
72.20 and Community Development before
72.21 December 1, 2006.
72.22 $600,000 of this appropriation is to
72.23 implement the wastewater infrastructure
72.24 program.
72.25 (b) The grants listed in this paragraph are not
72.26 subject to the 2005 project priority list nor
72.27 to the limitations on grant amounts set forth
72.28 in Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.072,
72.29 subdivision 5a.
72.30 $1,500,000 is for a grant to the city of Aurora
72.31 to reconstruct its wastewater treatment plant,
72.32 damaged in an explosion May 5, 2004.
72.33 $1,700,000 is for a grant to the Central Iron
72.34 Range Sanitary Sewer District Authority to
72.35 predesign and design the necessary facilities
72.36 to collect, treat, and dispose of sewage in the
73.1 district, including a pump-storage facility
73.2 and a wind-energy facility.
73.3 Up to $5,000,000 may be used as grants to
73.4 the cities of Dunnell, Dumont, Henriette,
73.5 Lewisville, McGrath, and Ostrander to
73.6 undertake corrective action on systems
73.7 built since 2001 with federal money from
73.8 USDA Rural Economic and Community
73.9 Development. A grant must not exceed
73.10 the amount of federal money used in the
73.11 construction of systems that incorporated
73.12 sand filter treatment, fixed activated sludge
73.13 treatment, or mechanical package plant
73.14 treatment technologies.
73.15 $4,950,000 is for a grant to the city of
73.16 Duluth for design and construction of
73.17 sanitary sewer overflow storage facilities at
73.18 selected locations in the city of Duluth. This
73.19 appropriation is available when matched by
73.20 $1 of money secured or provided by the city
73.21 of Duluth for each $1 of state money.
73.22 $1,700,000 is for a grant to the city of
73.23 Eagle Bend to predesign, design, construct,
73.24 furnish, and equip a wastewater collection
73.25 and treatment system.
73.26 $1,500,000 is for a grant to the city of Two
73.27 Harbors to retire loans, whether interfund
73.28 or otherwise, incurred to acquire land for,
73.29 design, construct, furnish, and equip a
73.30 2,500,000 gallon equalization basin and a
73.31 chlorine-contact tank of at least 100,000
73.32 gallon capacity, adjacent to the city's
73.33 wastewater treatment plant. The equalization
73.34 basin is required under the city's National
73.35 Pollution Discharge Elimination System
73.36 permit. This appropriation is not available
74.1 until the commissioner of finance determines
74.2 that $325,000 has been committed to the
74.3 project from nonstate sources.
74.4 $1,550,000 for a grant to the city of Bayport
74.5 for the Middle St. Croix River Watershed
74.6 Management Organization to complete the
74.7 sewer system extending from Minnesota
74.8 Department of Natural Resources pond
74.9 82-310P (the prison pond) in Bayport
74.10 through the Stillwater prison grounds to the
74.11 St. Croix River.
74.12 $2,000,000 is to the commissioner of
74.13 employment and economic development for
74.14 a grant to the city of New Brighton to relocate
74.15 a sanitary sewer interceptor for sanitary
74.16 sewer and storm water improvements
74.17 in the Northwest Quadrant to allow for
74.18 redevelopment of that area.

74.19 Sec. 50. Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 23, subdivision 12, as amended by
74.20 Laws 2006, chapter 171, section 2, is amended to read:
74.21 Subd. 12. Bioscience Development 18,500,000
74.22 For grants to political subdivisions to
74.23 predesign, design, acquire, construct, furnish,
74.24 and equip publicly owned infrastructure
74.25 required to support bioscience development
74.26 in this state.
74.27
74.28 $2,500,000 is for a grant to the city of
74.29 Worthington.
74.30 $14,000,000 cumulatively is for grants to the
74.31 counties of Ramsey and Anoka for public
74.32 improvements to the portion of County Road
74.33 J located within each county. This amount
74.34 may be used to repay loans the proceeds of
74.35 which were used for the public improvement.
75.1 The grants to the individual counties shall be
75.2 in amounts proportionate to the individual
75.3 counties' costs associated with the public
75.4 improvements.
75.5 $2,000,000 is for bioscience business
75.6 development public infrastructure grants
75.7 under new Minnesota Statutes, section
75.8 116J.435.

75.9 Sec. 51. Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 27, is amended to read:

75.10 Sec. 27. BOND SALE SCHEDULE
75.11 The commissioner of finance shall schedule
75.12 the sale of state general obligation bonds
75.13 so that, during the biennium ending June
75.14 30, 2007, no more than $780,536,000
75.15 $763,706,000 will need to be transferred
75.16 from the general fund to the state bond
75.17 fund to pay principal and interest due and
75.18 to become due on outstanding state general
75.19 obligation bonds. During the biennium,
75.20 before each sale of state general obligation
75.21 bonds, the commissioner of finance shall
75.22 calculate the amount of debt service
75.23 payments needed on bonds previously issued
75.24 and shall estimate the amount of debt service
75.25 payments that will be needed on the bonds
75.26 scheduled to be sold. The commissioner
75.27 shall adjust the amount of bonds scheduled to
75.28 be sold so as to remain within the limit set by
75.29 this section. The amount needed to make the
75.30 debt service payments is appropriated from
75.31 the general fund as provided in Minnesota
75.32 Statutes, section 16A.641.

75.33 Sec. 52. Laws 2005, chapter 152, article 1, section 39, subdivision 1, is amended to
75.34 read:
76.1 Subdivision 1. Issuance; purpose. Notwithstanding any provision of Minnesota
76.2 Statutes, chapter 298, to the contrary, the commissioner of Iron Range resources and
76.3 rehabilitation may shall issue revenue bonds in a principal amount of $15,000,000, plus
76.4 an amount sufficient to pay costs of issuance, in one or more series, and thereafter may
76.5 issue bonds to refund those bonds. The proceeds of the bonds must be used to pay the
76.6 costs of issuance and to make grants to school districts located in the taconite tax relief
76.7 area defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 273.134, or the taconite assistance area defined
76.8 in Minnesota Statutes, section 273.1341, to be used by the school districts to pay for
76.9 health, safety, and maintenance improvements but only if the school district has levied the
76.10 maximum amount allowable under law for those purposes.

76.11 Sec. 53. OUTDOOR LIGHTING PURCHASE.
76.12 All purchasing of outdoor lighting fixtures using funds appropriated under this act
76.13 must give consideration to maximizing energy conservation and savings, reducing glare,
76.14 minimizing light pollution, and preserving the natural night environment.

76.15 Sec. 54. FERGUS FALLS INCINERATOR; CONVEYANCE OF EQUIPMENT.
76.16 Notwithstanding any law, administrative rule, commissioner's order, or agreement
76.17 to the contrary, the city of Fergus Falls may convey to the city of Perham, for nominal
76.18 consideration, all or part of the air pollution equipment, including the building and related
76.19 equipment, that is currently located at the Fergus Falls incinerator. The conveyance shall
76.20 be in a form approved by the attorney general and must be used for public purposes. The
76.21 city of Perham is responsible for the costs of dismantling, transporting, and reassembling
76.22 the equipment in Perham, as part of the expansion of the Perham resource recovery facility.

76.23 Sec. 55. EFFECTIVE DATE.
76.24 Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective the day following final enactment."
76.25 Delete the title and insert:
76.26 "A bill for an act
76.27 relating to capital improvements; authorizing spending to acquire and better
76.28 public land and buildings and other improvements of a capital nature with
76.29 certain conditions; establishing new programs and modifying existing programs;
76.30 authorizing the sale of state bonds; appropriating money;amending Minnesota
76.31 Statutes 2004, sections 16A.11, subdivision 1; 16A.86, subdivisions 2, 4; 85.015,
76.32 by adding a subdivision; 136F.98, subdivision 1; 222.49; 446A.12, subdivision 1;
76.33 Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, sections 85.019, subdivision 2; 245.036;
76.34 Laws 2000, chapter 492, article 1, section 7, subdivision 21, as amended; Laws
76.35 2002, chapter 393, section 19, subdivision 2; Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1,
76.36 sections 5, subdivision 2; 7, subdivision 14; 10, subdivision 2; 19, subdivision
76.37 6; 20, subdivisions 2, 3, 4; 23, subdivisions 3, 12, as amended; 27; Laws 2005,
76.38 chapter 152, article 1, section 39, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in
76.39 Minnesota Statutes, chapters 16B; 86A; 116J; 241."
We request the adoption of this report and repassage of the bill.House Conferees: (Signed) Dan Dorman, Alice Hausman, Laura Brod, Denny McNamara, Bud NornesSenate Conferees: (Signed) Keith Langseth, Sandra L. Pappas, Wesley J. Skoglund, James P. Metzen, Paul E. Koering77.1 We request the adoption of this report and repassage of the bill.
77.2 House Conferees:(Signed)
77.3
77.4 Dan Dorman Alice Hausman
77.5
77.6 Laura Brod Denny McNamara
77.7
77.8 Bud Nornes
77.9 Senate Conferees:(Signed)
77.10
77.11 Keith Langseth Sandra L. Pappas
77.12
77.13 Wesley J. Skoglund James P. Metzen
77.14
77.15 Paul E. Koering

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