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2nd Engrossment - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to capital improvements; authorizing spending 
  1.3             to acquire and better public land and buildings and 
  1.4             other public improvements of a capital nature with 
  1.5             certain conditions; making adjustments to previous 
  1.6             bond authorizations; establishing new programs and 
  1.7             modifying existing programs; authorizing sale of state 
  1.8             bonds; appropriating money; amending Minnesota 
  1.9             Statutes 2004, sections 16A.671, subdivision 3; 
  1.10            85.019, subdivision 2; 116.182, subdivision 2; 
  1.11            116J.571; 116J.572, subdivision 2; 116J.573, 
  1.12            subdivisions 1, 2, 5; 116J.575, subdivision 1; 134.45; 
  1.13            136F.60, by adding a subdivision; 174.52, by adding a 
  1.14            subdivision; Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 23, 
  1.15            subdivision 17, as amended; Laws 2003, First Special 
  1.16            Session chapter 20, article 1, section 11; proposing 
  1.17            coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 
  1.18            16A; 446A. 
  1.19  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.20                             ARTICLE 1 
  1.21                APPROPRIATIONS AND RELATED LANGUAGE 
  1.22  Section 1.  [CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  1.23     The sums in the column under "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
  1.24  appropriated from the bond proceeds fund, or another named fund, 
  1.25  to the state agencies or officials indicated, to be spent for 
  1.26  public purposes.  Appropriations of bond proceeds must be spent 
  1.27  as authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 
  1.28  5, paragraph (a), to acquire and better public land and 
  1.29  buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature, or 
  1.30  as authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 
  1.31  5, paragraphs (b) to (j), or article XIV.  Unless otherwise 
  1.32  specified, the appropriations in this act are available until 
  2.1   the project is completed or abandoned subject to Minnesota 
  2.2   Statutes, section 16A.642.  
  2.3                               SUMMARY 
  2.4   UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA                          $   89,373,000 
  2.5   MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES           154,762,000 
  2.6   PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION                     1,083,000 
  2.7   EDUCATION                                             3,054,000 
  2.8   MINNESOTA STATE ACADEMIES                             4,255,000 
  2.9   NATURAL RESOURCES                                    72,900,000 
  2.10  POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY                             14,000,000 
  2.11  OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANCE                    4,000,000 
  2.12  BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES                    27,362,000 
  2.13  AGRICULTURE                                           5,570,000 
  2.14  ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN                                    15,000,000 
  2.15  ADMINISTRATION                                        8,500,000 
  2.16  CAPITOL AREA ARCHITECTURAL AND PLANNING BOARD         1,870,000 
  2.17  MILITARY AFFAIRS                                      5,000,000 
  2.18  VETERANS AFFAIRS                                        670,000 
  2.19  TRANSPORTATION                                       81,500,000 
  2.20  METROPOLITAN COUNCIL                                 20,850,000 
  2.21  HUMAN SERVICES                                       25,873,000 
  2.22  VETERANS HOMES BOARD                                  5,406,000 
  2.23  CORRECTIONS                                         106,394,000 
  2.24  EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT                 113,280,000 
  2.25  HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY                               10,000,000 
  2.26  MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY                          6,000,000 
  2.27  GRANTS TO POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS                     39,324,000 
  2.28  BOND SALE EXPENSES                                      785,000 
  2.29  TOTAL                                            $  816,811,000 
  2.30  Bond Proceeds Fund 
  2.31  (General Fund Debt Service)                         730,300,000 
  2.32  Bond Proceeds Fund  
  2.33  (User Financed Debt Service)                         36,511,000  
  2.34  State Transportation Fund
  2.35  Bond Proceeds Account                                50,000,000
  2.36                                                   APPROPRIATIONS
  2.37                                                   $ 
  2.38  Sec. 2.  UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA 
  3.1   Subdivision 1.  To the Board of Regents
  3.2   of the University of Minnesota for the 
  3.3   purposes specified in this section                   89,373,000 
  3.4   Subd. 2.  Higher Education Asset
  3.5   Preservation and Replacement (HEAPR)                 38,000,000 
  3.6   To be spent in accordance with 
  3.7   Minnesota Statutes, section 135A.046.  
  3.8   Subd. 3.  Duluth Campus Life Science 
  3.9   Building                                              9,300,000
  3.10  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  3.11  the Life Science Building for the 
  3.12  pharmacy program and other academic 
  3.13  programs on the Duluth campus.  The 
  3.14  renovation may include, but is not 
  3.15  limited to, improvements to correct air 
  3.16  quality problems, life safety and 
  3.17  accessibility code deficiencies, 
  3.18  asbestos, and fireproofing of the 
  3.19  facility. 
  3.20  Subd. 4.  Morris Campus District 
  3.21  Heating Facilities                                    2,890,000
  3.22  To design, construct, furnish, and 
  3.23  equip an addition to the heating plant 
  3.24  to provide the capacity to generate 
  3.25  steam by burning biomass. 
  3.26  This appropriation is not available 
  3.27  until the commissioner of finance has 
  3.28  determined that the chancellor of the 
  3.29  University of Minnesota, Morris and the 
  3.30  station head of the West Central 
  3.31  Research and Outreach Center have a 
  3.32  written operations plan, that provides 
  3.33  the West Central Research and Outreach 
  3.34  Center adequate access to the facility 
  3.35  for research purposes. 
  3.36  Of this amount, $100,000 is to 
  3.37  construct a football stadium to be 
  3.38  shared with the Morris School District. 
  3.39  This appropriation is not available 
  3.40  until the commissioner of finance has 
  3.41  determined that the Board of Regents 
  3.42  and the Morris School District have 
  3.43  entered into an agreement governing the 
  3.44  use and operation of the stadium by 
  3.45  both entities. 
  3.46  Subd. 5.  Twin Cities Campus  
  3.47  (a) Kolthoff Hall                                    16,000,000
  3.48  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  3.49  Kolthoff Hall on the Minneapolis 
  3.50  Campus, including the correction of air 
  3.51  quality problems in the facility that 
  3.52  may include, but is not limited to, 
  3.53  repair or replacement of the 
  3.54  mechanical, electrical, and HVAC 
  3.55  systems. 
  3.56  (b) Education Sciences                               13,300,000
  3.57  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  4.1   the Education Sciences Building on the 
  4.2   Minneapolis Campus.  
  4.3   (c) Academic Health Center                            9,600,000
  4.4   To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  4.5   classrooms in the academic health care 
  4.6   facility on the Minneapolis Campus to 
  4.7   provide flexible space, including 
  4.8   computer-based testing facilities, 
  4.9   computer labs, and simulation 
  4.10  facilities for health professional 
  4.11  education. 
  4.12  Subd. 6.  North Central Research and 
  4.13  Outreach Center                                         283,000
  4.14  To construct a building at the North 
  4.15  Central Outreach Center at Grand Rapids 
  4.16  to accommodate the farm machinery 
  4.17  repair, maintenance, and carpentry 
  4.18  shops. 
  4.19  Subd. 7.  University Funding
  4.20  The Board of Regents shall provide 
  4.21  nonstate funding for remaining costs 
  4.22  associated with projects authorized by 
  4.23  subdivisions 3 to 6.  The state 
  4.24  appropriations for subdivisions 3 to 6 
  4.25  are intended to cover two-thirds of the 
  4.26  cost of each project. 
  4.27  Sec. 3.  MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND 
  4.28  UNIVERSITIES 
  4.29  Subdivision 1.  To the Board of Trustees
  4.30  of the Minnesota State Colleges and 
  4.31  Universities for the purposes specified in 
  4.32  this section                                        154,762,000
  4.33  Subd. 2.  Higher Education Asset
  4.34  Preservation and Replacement                         46,440,000
  4.35  This appropriation is for the purposes 
  4.36  specified in Minnesota Statutes, 
  4.37  section 135A.046, including safety and 
  4.38  statutory compliance, envelope 
  4.39  integrity, mechanical systems, and 
  4.40  space restoration.  
  4.41  Subd. 3.  Anoka Ramsey Community College - 
  4.42  Cambridge                                             9,650,000
  4.43  To design, construct, furnish, and 
  4.44  equip an addition to the main campus 
  4.45  building, and to remodel the main 
  4.46  campus building for a science 
  4.47  laboratory and academic support center. 
  4.48  Subd. 4.  Central Lakes College                       4,480,000
  4.49  To design, construct, furnish, and 
  4.50  equip heavy equipment shop space at the 
  4.51  Staples West Campus. 
  4.52  Subd. 5.  Century Community and        
  4.53  Technical College                                     4,500,000
  4.54  To remodel, furnish, and equip recently 
  4.55  purchased space into a technology 
  5.1   center, offices, and smart classrooms. 
  5.2   Subd. 6.  Dakota Technical College                    1,200,000
  5.3   To remodel, furnish, and equip an 
  5.4   information technology and 
  5.5   telecommunications center of 
  5.6   excellence, as well as improve and 
  5.7   expand the library and academic support 
  5.8   center. 
  5.9   Subd. 7. Inver Hills Community
  5.10  College                                               4,500,000
  5.11  To construct, furnish, and equip an 
  5.12  addition to and remodel space in the 
  5.13  College Center Building with a focus on 
  5.14  classrooms. 
  5.15  Subd. 8.  Lake Superior College                       8,300,000
  5.16  To construct an addition for high-tech 
  5.17  classrooms and open computer labs.  The 
  5.18  project may also include space for work 
  5.19  force development, offices, and student 
  5.20  life programs.  
  5.21  Subd. 9.  Minnesota State Community and
  5.22  Technical College - Fergus Falls                      7,000,000
  5.23  To design, construct, furnish, and 
  5.24  equip an addition for fine arts, 
  5.25  technology, and student services, and 
  5.26  to design, remodel, furnish, and equip 
  5.27  general and interactive television 
  5.28  classrooms. 
  5.29  Subd. 10.  Minnesota State Community and
  5.30  Technical College - Moorhead                          6,500,000
  5.31  To construct, furnish, and equip an 
  5.32  addition for allied health and 
  5.33  construction trades and renovate space 
  5.34  for student services.  The project 
  5.35  includes boiler replacement, upgrades 
  5.36  to storage, mechanical and electrical 
  5.37  needs, correction of life safety and 
  5.38  building code violations, demolition of 
  5.39  temporary buildings, and construction 
  5.40  of additional parking spaces. 
  5.41  Subd. 11.  Minnesota State University - 
  5.42  Mankato                                               2,560,000
  5.43  To design an addition to and partial 
  5.44  remodeling of Trafton Science Center. 
  5.45  Subd. 12.  Minnesota State University - 
  5.46  Moorhead                                              9,645,000
  5.47  To renovate, furnish, and equip Hagen 
  5.48  Hall for classrooms, science 
  5.49  laboratories, and related offices. 
  5.50  Subd. 13.  Riverland Community and
  5.51  Technical College                                     5,100,000
  5.52  To design, remodel, furnish, and equip 
  5.53  existing space into labs and classrooms 
  5.54  at the Austin and Albert Lea Campuses. 
  6.1   Subd. 14.  Rochester Community and 
  6.2   Technical College                                    10,945,000
  6.3   To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  6.4   the vacant Rockenbach gymnasium, part 
  6.5   of the Heintz Center, and part of the 
  6.6   main campus buildings into a health 
  6.7   science center to colocate nursing 
  6.8   programs, expand the dental clinic, and 
  6.9   create a community primary care clinic. 
  6.10  Subd. 15.  St. Cloud State University                 3,800,000 
  6.11  (a) $2,900,000 is to remodel, furnish, 
  6.12  and equip Centennial Hall to convert it 
  6.13  from a library to classroom and office 
  6.14  space.  This appropriation is added to 
  6.15  the appropriation in Laws 2003, First 
  6.16  Special Session chapter 20, article 1, 
  6.17  section 3, subdivision 16. 
  6.18  (b) $900,000 is to design, through 
  6.19  construction documents, renovation of 
  6.20  and an addition to Brown Hall, and Math 
  6.21  and Science Hall, for science and 
  6.22  health care instruction.  
  6.23  Subd. 16.  St. Cloud Technical College               12,960,000
  6.24  To design, construct, furnish, and 
  6.25  equip a building addition and to 
  6.26  renovate, furnish, and equip classroom 
  6.27  space into science space for allied 
  6.28  health programs and the colocation of a 
  6.29  workforce center. 
  6.30  Subd. 17.  South Central Technical                              
  6.31  College                                               4,747,000
  6.32  To remodel, furnish, and equip teaching 
  6.33  laboratories at the North Mankato 
  6.34  Campus and for asset preservation at 
  6.35  the Faribault Campus. 
  6.36  Subd. 18.  Winona State University                   10,235,000
  6.37  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  6.38  Pasteur Hall for classrooms, science 
  6.39  laboratories, and related offices. 
  6.40  Subd. 19.  Systemwide Renovations 
  6.41  (a) Science Lab                                         900,000
  6.42  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  6.43  science laboratories at campuses 
  6.44  statewide. 
  6.45  (b) Technology Updated Classrooms                     1,000,000
  6.46  To renovate and equip classrooms with 
  6.47  learning technology at campuses 
  6.48  statewide. 
  6.49  (c) Land Acquisition                                    300,000
  6.50  To acquire real property near state 
  6.51  college and university campuses. 
  6.52  Subd. 20.  Debt Service
  7.1   (a) The board shall pay the debt 
  7.2   service on one-third of the principal 
  7.3   amount of state bonds sold to finance 
  7.4   projects authorized by this section, 
  7.5   except for higher education asset 
  7.6   preservation and replacement in 
  7.7   subdivision 2.  After each sale of 
  7.8   general obligation bonds, the 
  7.9   commissioner of finance shall notify 
  7.10  the board of the amounts assessed for 
  7.11  each year for the life of the bonds. 
  7.12  (b) The commissioner shall reduce the 
  7.13  board's assessment each year by 
  7.14  one-third of the net income from 
  7.15  investment of general obligation bond 
  7.16  proceeds in proportion to the amount of 
  7.17  principal and interest otherwise 
  7.18  required to be paid by the board.  The 
  7.19  board shall pay its resulting net 
  7.20  assessment to the commissioner of 
  7.21  finance by December 1 each year.  If 
  7.22  the board fails to make a payment when 
  7.23  due, the commissioner of finance shall 
  7.24  reduce allotments for appropriations 
  7.25  from the general fund otherwise 
  7.26  available to the board and apply the 
  7.27  amount of the reduction to cover the 
  7.28  missed debt service payment.  The 
  7.29  commissioner of finance shall credit 
  7.30  the payments received from the board to 
  7.31  the bond debt service account in the 
  7.32  state bond fund each December 1 before 
  7.33  money is transferred from the general 
  7.34  fund under Minnesota Statutes, section 
  7.35  16A.641, subdivision 10. 
  7.36  Sec. 4.  PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION 
  7.37  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner
  7.38  of administration for the purposes
  7.39  specified in this section                             1,083,000
  7.40  Subd. 2.  Campus Asset Preservation                     558,000 
  7.41  For asset preservation capital 
  7.42  improvements on the campus including, 
  7.43  but not limited to, bathroom 
  7.44  renovation, construction or repair of 
  7.45  perimeter fencing, sidewalks, roads, 
  7.46  sewers, the addition of an air 
  7.47  conditioning chiller, and mold 
  7.48  abatement. 
  7.49  Subd. 3.  Beta Building Demolition                      525,000
  7.50  To demolish the Beta Building on the 
  7.51  Perpich Center Campus, dispose of any 
  7.52  hazardous materials, and fill the site. 
  7.53  Sec. 5.  EDUCATION                                             
  7.54  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of 
  7.55  education for the amounts specified in 
  7.56  this section                                         3,054,000 
  7.57  Subd. 2.  East Metro Integration District            1,054,000 
  7.58  To the commissioner of education for a 
  7.59  grant to Joint Powers District No. 
  7.60  6067, East Metro Integration District, 
  8.1   to repay a loan from Independent School 
  8.2   District No. 625, St. Paul, that was 
  8.3   used to complete acquiring land for the 
  8.4   site of Crosswinds Arts and Science 
  8.5   Middle School.  This appropriation is 
  8.6   added to the appropriations in Laws 
  8.7   1998, chapter 404, section 5, 
  8.8   subdivision 5; Laws 1999, chapter 240, 
  8.9   article 1, section 3; Laws 2000, 
  8.10  chapter 492, article 1, section 5, 
  8.11  subdivision 2; and Laws 2001, First 
  8.12  Special Session chapter 12, section 2, 
  8.13  subdivision 2, for the same project.  
  8.14  Subd. 3.  Library Capital Improvement Grants         2,000,000 
  8.15  For library capital improvement grants 
  8.16  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
  8.17  134.45.  
  8.18  Sec. 6.  MINNESOTA STATE ACADEMIES                   4,255,000 
  8.19  To the commissioner of administration 
  8.20  for asset preservation capital 
  8.21  improvements on both campuses of the 
  8.22  Minnesota State Academies for the Deaf 
  8.23  and the Blind. 
  8.24  Sec. 7.  NATURAL RESOURCES 
  8.25  Subdivision 1.  To the 
  8.26  commissioner of natural resources 
  8.27  for the purposes specified
  8.28  in this section                                      72,900,000
  8.29  Subd. 2.  Flood Hazard Mitigation
  8.30  Grants                                               21,000,000
  8.31  For the state share of flood hazard 
  8.32  mitigation grants for publicly owned 
  8.33  capital improvements to prevent or 
  8.34  alleviate flood damage under Minnesota 
  8.35  Statutes, section 103F.161. 
  8.36  Of this amount, $2,000,000 is for the 
  8.37  Austin flood.  For identified capital 
  8.38  improvement projects, and any other 
  8.39  authorized federal or state flood 
  8.40  mitigation projects providing all or 
  8.41  part of the 100-year flood protection 
  8.42  for the cities in the area designated 
  8.43  under Presidential Declaration of Major 
  8.44  Disaster, DR-1569, whether included in 
  8.45  the original declaration or added later 
  8.46  by federal government action.  The area 
  8.47  currently included in DR-1569 includes 
  8.48  territory within the counties of Dodge, 
  8.49  Faribault, Freeborn, Martin, Mower, 
  8.50  Olmsted, and Steele.  
  8.51  $175,000 of this amount is for the 
  8.52  state share of a grant to the city of 
  8.53  Cannon Falls for predesign and design 
  8.54  of capital improvements to alleviate 
  8.55  flooding caused by runoff from the 
  8.56  bluffs and the flooding of the Little 
  8.57  Cannon River and the Cannon River. 
  8.58  For grants for the Roseau River 
  8.59  Wildlife Management Area, Palmville, 
  8.60  and Malung, the state share must be $3 
  9.1   for each $1 of nonstate contribution. 
  9.2   To the extent that the cost of the 
  9.3   projects in Montevideo, Breckenridge, 
  9.4   East Grand Forks, Ada, Roseau, Warren, 
  9.5   Oakport Township, Granite Falls, and 
  9.6   Dawson exceed two percent of the median 
  9.7   household income in the municipality 
  9.8   multiplied by the number of households 
  9.9   in the municipality, this appropriation 
  9.10  is also for the local share of the 
  9.11  project. 
  9.12  There is no local share required for 
  9.13  the Canisteo Mine project. 
  9.14  Subd. 3.  Dam Renovation and 
  9.15  Removal                                               1,400,000
  9.16  To renovate or remove publicly owned 
  9.17  dams.  The commissioner shall determine 
  9.18  project priorities as appropriate under 
  9.19  Minnesota Statutes, sections 103G.511 
  9.20  and 103G.515. 
  9.21  $200,000 of this amount is to remove 
  9.22  the dam on Rush Creek in Chisago 
  9.23  County, restore the river channel and 
  9.24  floodplain, and construct off-channel 
  9.25  ponds for storm water retention and 
  9.26  recreation. 
  9.27  $500,000 of this amount is for a grant 
  9.28  to Blue Earth County for repair of the 
  9.29  bridge deck at Rapidan dam, and which 
  9.30  is exempt from the local match 
  9.31  requirement under Minnesota Statutes, 
  9.32  section 103G.511.  
  9.33  $50,000 of this amount is to repair the 
  9.34  Vermillion River dam in St. Louis 
  9.35  County. 
  9.36  Of this amount, $400,000 is for a grant 
  9.37  to the Shellrock River Watershed 
  9.38  District to replace the dam on the 
  9.39  Shellrock River.  
  9.40  Subd. 4.  RIM - Critical Habitat 
  9.41  Match                                                 3,000,000
  9.42  To provide the state match for the 
  9.43  critical habitat private sector 
  9.44  matching account under Minnesota 
  9.45  Statutes, section 84.943, for the 
  9.46  acquisition or improvements of a 
  9.47  capital nature for critical fish, 
  9.48  wildlife, and native plant habitats. 
  9.49  Subd. 5.  RIM - Wildlife Area Land
  9.50  Acquisition                                          12,000,000
  9.51  To acquire land for wildlife management 
  9.52  area purposes under Minnesota Statutes, 
  9.53  section 86A.05, subdivision 8. 
  9.54  Subd. 6.  Fisheries Acquisition and
  9.55  Improvement                                           1,050,000
  9.56  To acquire land and interests in land 
  9.57  for aquatic management areas and to 
 10.1   make public improvements and 
 10.2   betterments of a capital nature to 
 10.3   aquatic management areas established 
 10.4   under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 10.5   86A.05, subdivision 14. 
 10.6   Subd. 7.  Water Access Acquisition,
 10.7   Betterment, and Fishing Piers                         2,500,000
 10.8   For public water access acquisition, 
 10.9   construction, and renovation to capital 
 10.10  projects on lakes and rivers, including 
 10.11  water access through the provision of 
 10.12  fishing piers and shoreline access 
 10.13  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 10.14  86A.05, subdivision 9. 
 10.15  Subd. 8.  Stream Protection and 
 10.16  Restoration                                             500,000
 10.17  For the design and construction of 
 10.18  trout stream restoration projects. 
 10.19  Subd. 9.  Reforestation                               1,000,000
 10.20  As authorized under the Minnesota 
 10.21  Constitution, article XI, section 5, 
 10.22  clause (f), to increase reforestation 
 10.23  activities to meet the reforestation 
 10.24  requirements of Minnesota Statutes, 
 10.25  section 89.002, subdivision 2, 
 10.26  including planting, seeding, site 
 10.27  preparation, and purchasing tree seeds 
 10.28  and seedlings. 
 10.29  Subd. 10.  Metro Greenways and  
 10.30  Natural Areas                                         1,000,000
 10.31  To provide grants to local units of 
 10.32  government for acquisition or 
 10.33  betterment of greenways and natural 
 10.34  areas in the metro region and to 
 10.35  acquire greenways and natural areas in 
 10.36  the metro region through the purchase 
 10.37  of conservation easements or fee 
 10.38  titles.  The commissioner shall 
 10.39  determine the project priorities and 
 10.40  shall consult with representatives of 
 10.41  local units of government, nonprofit 
 10.42  organizations, and other interested 
 10.43  parties. 
 10.44  Subd. 11.  Native Prairie Bank
 10.45  Easements and Development                             1,000,000
 10.46  For acquisition of native prairie bank 
 10.47  easements under Minnesota Statutes, 
 10.48  section 84.96, and for betterment of 
 10.49  prairie bank lands. 
 10.50  Subd. 12.  Scientific and Natural 
 10.51  Area Acquisition and Development                        300,000
 10.52  To acquire land for scientific and 
 10.53  natural areas and for development, 
 10.54  protection, or improvements of a 
 10.55  capital nature to scientific and 
 10.56  natural areas under Minnesota Statutes, 
 10.57  sections 84.033 and 86A.05, subdivision 
 10.58  5. 
 11.1   Subd. 13.  State and Local Trail 
 11.2   Rehabilitation, Development and Acquisition           8,500,000
 11.3   To acquire land for and develop and 
 11.4   rehabitate state trails as specified in 
 11.5   Minnesota Statutes, section 85.015. 
 11.6   Of this amount:  
 11.7   $1,500,000 for the Blazing Star Trail; 
 11.8   $200,000 is for a grant under Minnesota 
 11.9   Statutes, section 85.019, subdivision 
 11.10  4c, to the city of Bloomington to 
 11.11  remove the old Cedar Avenue bridge in 
 11.12  preparation for a hiking and bicycling 
 11.13  trail connection. 
 11.14  $500,000 is for a grant to Hennepin 
 11.15  County for the Cedar Lake Trail. 
 11.16  $500,000 for the Glacial Lakes Trail 
 11.17  from New London to Paynesville. 
 11.18  $200,000 is for acquisition and 
 11.19  development of the Goodhue Pioneer 
 11.20  Trail. 
 11.21  $300,000 for the Heartland Trail. 
 11.22  $150,000 is for a grant to Stearns 
 11.23  County for the Lake Koronis 
 11.24  Recreational Trail.  
 11.25  $700,000 is for a grant to the St. 
 11.26  Louis and Lake Counties Regional 
 11.27  Railroad Authority to complete 
 11.28  construction of Mesabi Station along 
 11.29  the 132-mile recreational trail known 
 11.30  as Mesabi Trail and located in St. 
 11.31  Louis County near marked U.S. Highway 
 11.32  53.  This appropriation is dependent 
 11.33  upon a matching contribution of 
 11.34  $800,000 from other sources, public or 
 11.35  private. 
 11.36  $500,000 for work on a link of the Mill 
 11.37  Towns State Trail between the Cannon 
 11.38  Valley Trail and the Sakatah Singing 
 11.39  Hills State Trail. 
 11.40  $115,000 for necessary modifications 
 11.41  and upgrades on the North Shore Trail. 
 11.42  $1,500,000 is for extension across 
 11.43  Excelsior Road to connect with the 
 11.44  Oberstar Tunnel on the Paul Bunyan 
 11.45  Trail. 
 11.46  $435,000 is for development of the 
 11.47  Preston-Forestville segment of the 
 11.48  Blufflands Trail system. 
 11.49  $450,000 is for design, acquisition, 
 11.50  and construction of the segment of the 
 11.51  Shooting Star Trail from Leroy to Rose 
 11.52  Creek. 
 11.53  $500,000 is for a grant to the city of 
 11.54  St. Louis Park to design and construct 
 11.55  a grade-separated pedestrian and trail 
 12.1   crossing over Hennepin County State-Aid 
 12.2   Highway (CSAH) 25 near Belt Line 
 12.3   Boulevard in St. Louis Park.  The grant 
 12.4   is under the program in Minnesota 
 12.5   Statutes, section 85.019, subdivision 
 12.6   4c. 
 12.7   $220,000 is for a matching grant to 
 12.8   Stearns County Trail to link the Lake 
 12.9   Wobegon Trail to the Central Lakes 
 12.10  State Trail.  
 12.11  $340,000 for design and construction of 
 12.12  the continuous ATV and OHV trail 
 12.13  authorized under Laws 2003, chapter 
 12.14  128, article 1, section 169.  The debt 
 12.15  service costs on the bonds sold to 
 12.16  finance this project must be paid to 
 12.17  the commissioner of finance as required 
 12.18  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 12.19  16A.643, as follows:  ten percent from 
 12.20  the dedicated off-highway motorcycle 
 12.21  account in the natural resources fund 
 12.22  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 12.23  84.794, and 90 percent from the 
 12.24  dedicated all-terrain vehicle account 
 12.25  in the natural resources fund under 
 12.26  Minnesota Statutes, section 84.927.  
 12.27  Subd. 14.  Fish Hatchery Improvements                 1,700,000
 12.28  For improvements of a capital nature to 
 12.29  renovate fish culture facilities. 
 12.30  Subd. 15.  RIM - Wildlife Management 
 12.31  Area Development                                        600,000
 12.32  For improvements of a capital nature to 
 12.33  develop, protect, or improve habitat 
 12.34  and facilities on wildlife management 
 12.35  areas under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 12.36  86A.05, subdivision 8. 
 12.37  Subd. 16.  State Forest Land Acquisition                850,000
 12.38  To acquire, in fee and easement, 
 12.39  private lands from willing sellers 
 12.40  within established boundaries of state 
 12.41  forests established under Minnesota 
 12.42  Statutes, section 89.021, and within 
 12.43  Forest Legacy areas established under 
 12.44  United States Code, title 16, section 
 12.45  2103c. 
 12.46  Subd. 17.  Forest Road and Bridge Projects              300,000
 12.47  For reconstruction, resurfacing, 
 12.48  replacement, and construction of state 
 12.49  forest roads and bridges throughout the 
 12.50  state under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 12.51  89.002. 
 12.52  Subd. 18.  State Park and Recreation Area
 12.53  Acquisition                                           3,000,000
 12.54  For acquisition of land under Minnesota 
 12.55  Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivisions 
 12.56  2 and 3, from willing sellers of 
 12.57  private lands within state park and 
 12.58  recreation area boundaries established 
 12.59  by law. 
 13.1   Subd. 19.  State Park and Recreation Area
 13.2   Building Development and Rehabilitation and
 13.3   Infrastructure Improvements                           2,750,000
 13.4   For construction, rehabilitation, and 
 13.5   infrastructure improvements within 
 13.6   Minnesota state parks and state 
 13.7   recreation areas according to the 
 13.8   management plan required in Minnesota 
 13.9   Statutes, chapter 86A. 
 13.10  Subd. 20.  Lake Superior Safe Harbor                  1,800,000
 13.11  For design, construction, and capital 
 13.12  improvements to public accesses and 
 13.13  small craft harbors on Lake Superior in 
 13.14  cooperation with the United States Army 
 13.15  Corps of Engineers, and to purchase 
 13.16  buildings, piers, and capital equipment 
 13.17  from Lake County. 
 13.18  Subd. 21.  Statewide Asset Preservation               2,000,000
 13.19  For asset preservation improvements and 
 13.20  betterments at Department of Natural 
 13.21  Resources buildings statewide, 
 13.22  including removal of life safety 
 13.23  hazards and structural defects; 
 13.24  elimination or containment of hazardous 
 13.25  materials; code compliance 
 13.26  improvements; accessibility 
 13.27  improvements; replacement or renovation 
 13.28  of roofs, windows, tuckpointing, and 
 13.29  structural members; and improvements 
 13.30  necessary to preserve the interior and 
 13.31  exterior of buildings and other 
 13.32  infrastructure. 
 13.33  Subd. 22.  Field Office Renovation and
 13.34  Improvement                                             300,000
 13.35  To design, acquire, renovate, 
 13.36  construct, furnish, and equip field 
 13.37  offices. 
 13.38  Subd. 23.  Lake Superior Zoo                            400,000
 13.39  For a grant to the city of Duluth to 
 13.40  design and construct facility 
 13.41  improvements at the Lake Superior Zoo.  
 13.42  This appropriation is available when 
 13.43  matched by $1 of money secured or 
 13.44  provided by the city of Duluth for each 
 13.45  $1 of state money. 
 13.46  Subd. 24.  Local Initiative Grants                    1,100,000
 13.47  For local parks and natural and scenic 
 13.48  areas grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
 13.49  section 85.019, subdivisions 2 and 4a.  
 13.50  Projects related to replacement of 
 13.51  urban forests are eligible for funding 
 13.52  under this subdivision. 
 13.53  Subd. 25.  Nonmetro Regional Parks                    4,850,000
 13.54  For acquisition and betterment of 
 13.55  regional parks located outside the 
 13.56  seven-county metropolitan area as 
 13.57  defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 
 13.58  473.121, subdivision 2.  At least 
 14.1   $900,000 of this amount must be 
 14.2   allocated to the central Minnesota 
 14.3   Regional Parks and Trails Coordination 
 14.4   Board under Minnesota Statutes, 
 14.5   sections 85.50 to 85.52. 
 14.6   For grants made under this subdivision, 
 14.7   each $3 of state grants must be matched 
 14.8   by $2 of nonstate funds. 
 14.9   Sec. 8.  POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY                    14,000,000 
 14.10  To the Pollution Control Agency to 
 14.11  design and construct remedial systems 
 14.12  and acquire land at landfills 
 14.13  throughout the state in accordance with 
 14.14  the closed landfill program under 
 14.15  Minnesota Statutes, section 115B.39. 
 14.16  Sec. 9.  OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANCE           4,000,000 
 14.17  To the Office of Environmental 
 14.18  Assistance for the solid waste capital 
 14.19  assistance grants program under 
 14.20  Minnesota Statutes, section 115A.54.  
 14.21  $2,000,000 is for a grant to the city 
 14.22  of Red Wing. 
 14.23  $2,000,000 is for a grant to Olmsted 
 14.24  County. 
 14.25  Sec. 10.  BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES 
 14.26  Subdivision 1.  To the Board 
 14.27  of Water and Soil Resources for the 
 14.28  purposes specified in this section                   27,362,000
 14.29  Subd. 2.  RIM and CREP Conservation
 14.30  Easements                                            23,000,000
 14.31  This appropriation is to acquire 
 14.32  conservation easements from landowners 
 14.33  on marginal lands to protect soil and 
 14.34  water quality and to support fish and 
 14.35  wildlife habitat as provided in 
 14.36  Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.515. 
 14.37  $3,000,000 of this amount is to 
 14.38  implement the program. 
 14.39  Subd. 3.  Wetland Replacement          
 14.40  Due to Public Road Projects                           4,362,000
 14.41  To acquire land for wetlands or restore 
 14.42  wetlands to be used to replace wetlands 
 14.43  drained or filled as a result of the 
 14.44  repair, maintenance, or rehabilitation 
 14.45  of existing public roads as required by 
 14.46  Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.222, 
 14.47  subdivision 1, paragraphs (k) and (l). 
 14.48  The purchase price paid for acquisition 
 14.49  of land, fee, or perpetual easement 
 14.50  must be the fair market value as 
 14.51  determined by the board.  The board may 
 14.52  enter into agreements with the federal 
 14.53  government, other state agencies, 
 14.54  political subdivisions, and nonprofit 
 14.55  organizations or fee owners to acquire 
 14.56  land and restore and create wetlands 
 15.1   and to acquire existing wetland banking 
 15.2   credits with money provided by this 
 15.3   appropriation.  Acquisition of or the 
 15.4   conveyance of land may be in the name 
 15.5   of the political subdivision.  
 15.6   Sec. 11.  AGRICULTURE                                          
 15.7   Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of
 15.8   agriculture or other named agencies for
 15.9   the purposes specified in this section                5,570,000
 15.10  Subd. 2.  Agriculture Water Management 
 15.11  Research Partnership                                    570,000
 15.12  For a grant to the Board of Regents of 
 15.13  the University of Minnesota to 
 15.14  establish or expand agricultural water 
 15.15  management projects at the Crookston, 
 15.16  Morris, Lamberton, and Waseca Research 
 15.17  and Outreach Centers in partnership 
 15.18  with the Department of Agriculture. 
 15.19  Subd. 3.  Joint Plant Pathology        
 15.20  Research Facility                                     4,900,000
 15.21  For a grant to the Board of Regents of 
 15.22  the University of Minnesota to design, 
 15.23  construct, furnish, and equip a level 3 
 15.24  plant pathogen containment research 
 15.25  facility on the University of Minnesota 
 15.26  St. Paul Campus.  Of this amount, 
 15.27  $100,000 is to complete the level 2 
 15.28  containment facility. 
 15.29  Subd. 4.  Rural Finance
 15.30  Authority Loan Participation                            100,000
 15.31  For purposes as set forth in the 
 15.32  Minnesota Constitution, article XI, 
 15.33  section 5, clause (h).  To the Rural 
 15.34  Finance Authority to purchase 
 15.35  participation interests in or to make 
 15.36  direct agricultural loans to farmers 
 15.37  under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 41B. 
 15.38  Sec. 12.  MINNESOTA ZOOLOGICAL
 15.39  GARDEN                                               
 15.40  Subdivision 1.  To the Minnesota 
 15.41  Zoological Garden for the purposes 
 15.42  specified in this section                            15,000,000
 15.43  Subd. 2.  Phase 1 of Master Plan                      9,000,000
 15.44  To design, construct, furnish, and 
 15.45  equip zoo facilities consistent with 
 15.46  the current Master Plan for the Gateway 
 15.47  to the North exhibit. 
 15.48  Subd. 3.  Asset Preservation                          6,000,000
 15.49  For capital asset preservation 
 15.50  improvements and betterments to roofs, 
 15.51  mechanical and utility systems, roads 
 15.52  and pathways, building envelopes, storm 
 15.53  water systems, exhibits, and safety and 
 15.54  code compliance upgrades. 
 15.55  Sec. 13.  ADMINISTRATION                                       
 16.1   Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of  
 16.2   administration for the purposes specified 
 16.3   in this section.                                      8,500,000
 16.4   Subd. 2.  Exterior repair of Transportation 
 16.5   Building                                              3,000,000
 16.6   To repair and renovate the exterior of 
 16.7   the Department of Transportation 
 16.8   Building at 395 John Ireland Boulevard 
 16.9   in St. Paul. 
 16.10  Subd. 3. Capital Asset Preservation and 
 16.11  Replacement Account (CAPRA)                           3,000,000
 16.12  To be spent in accordance with 
 16.13  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.632. 
 16.14  Of this amount, $350,000 is to design 
 16.15  and construct a vault outside of the 
 16.16  State Office Building to house the 
 16.17  building's electrical transformers and 
 16.18  to relocate the transformers to the 
 16.19  exterior vault. 
 16.20  Subd. 4.  Asset Preservation                         2,500,000
 16.21  Sec. 14.  CAPITOL AREA ARCHITECTURAL
 16.22  AND PLANNING BOARD                                    1,870,000
 16.23  To the commissioner of administration, 
 16.24  for repair and restoration of the 
 16.25  public corridors, walls, and ceilings 
 16.26  of the third floor and the dome of the 
 16.27  Capitol Building in St. Paul.  
 16.28  Sec. 15.  MILITARY AFFAIRS 
 16.29  Subdivision 1.  To the adjutant
 16.30  general for the purposes specified
 16.31  in this section                                       5,000,000
 16.32  Subd. 2.  Asset Preservation                          4,000,000 
 16.33  For asset preservation improvements, 
 16.34  Americans With Disabilities Act 
 16.35  upgrades, and betterments of a capital 
 16.36  nature at military affairs facilities 
 16.37  statewide. 
 16.38  Subd. 3.  Facility Life-Safety         
 16.39  Improvements                                          1,000,000
 16.40  For life-safety improvements and 
 16.41  correcting code deficiencies at 
 16.42  military affairs facilities statewide. 
 16.43  Sec. 16.  VETERANS AFFAIRS                              670,000 
 16.44  To the commissioner of administration 
 16.45  to complete construction of the World 
 16.46  War II veterans' memorial on the 
 16.47  Capitol mall.  This is the final state 
 16.48  appropriation for the project and is 
 16.49  contingent on sufficient nonstate funds 
 16.50  being received and deposited into a 
 16.51  segregated account for perpetual 
 16.52  maintenance of the memorial. 
 16.53  Sec. 17.  TRANSPORTATION 
 17.1   Subdivision 1.  To the 
 17.2   commissioner of transportation for 
 17.3   the purposes specified in this section               81,500,000
 17.4   Subd. 2.  Local Bridge Replacement
 17.5   and Rehabilitation                                   50,000,000
 17.6   This appropriation is from the bond 
 17.7   proceeds account in the state 
 17.8   transportation fund. 
 17.9   The commissioner shall spend this 
 17.10  appropriation as grants to political 
 17.11  subdivisions for the replacement, 
 17.12  rehabilitation, and repair of key 
 17.13  bridges on the state transportation 
 17.14  system.  The commissioner shall make 
 17.15  these grants in accordance with and for 
 17.16  the purposes of Minnesota Statutes, 
 17.17  section 174.50. 
 17.18  Subd. 3.  Local Road Improvement Program             18,500,000
 17.19  The commissioner shall deposit this 
 17.20  amount in the local road improvement 
 17.21  fund for allocation as follows: 
 17.22  (1) $12,500,000 is for deposit in the 
 17.23  local road account for routes of 
 17.24  regional significance to be spent as 
 17.25  grants for the purposes of Minnesota 
 17.26  Statutes, section 174.52, subdivision 4.
 17.27  Of this amount, $2,500,000 is for 
 17.28  grants to counties to assist in paying 
 17.29  the costs of capital improvement 
 17.30  projects that are intended primarily to 
 17.31  reduce traffic crashes, deaths, 
 17.32  injuries, and property damage on county 
 17.33  state-aid highways, under new Minnesota 
 17.34  Statutes, section 174.52, subdivision 
 17.35  4a. 
 17.36  (2) $6,000,000 is for deposit in the 
 17.37  trunk highway corridor projects account 
 17.38  to be spent as grants for the purposes 
 17.39  of Minnesota Statutes, section 174.52, 
 17.40  subdivision 2. 
 17.41  Subd. 4.  Port Development Assistance                 1,000,000
 17.42  For the purposes of the port 
 17.43  development program under Minnesota 
 17.44  Statutes, chapter 457A. 
 17.45  Subd. 5.  Northstar Commuter Rail                     10,000,000
 17.46  For final design and project management 
 17.47  of a commuter rail line serving Big 
 17.48  Lake to downtown Minneapolis; to 
 17.49  acquire land for stations, maintenance 
 17.50  facilities, and park and ride lots; and 
 17.51  for final design and project management 
 17.52  of an extension of the Hiawatha Light 
 17.53  Rail Transit Line from its terminus in 
 17.54  downtown Minneapolis to a new terminus 
 17.55  near Fifth Avenue North adjacent to the 
 17.56  proposed downtown Minneapolis commuter 
 17.57  rail station.  
 17.58  This appropriation is not available 
 18.1   until $2,000,000 has been committed by 
 18.2   local governments and approval to 
 18.3   proceed to final design has been 
 18.4   authorized by the Federal Transit 
 18.5   Administration. 
 18.6   Up to $2,000,000 of this appropriation 
 18.7   may be used for final design and 
 18.8   project management.  The final design 
 18.9   must include an examination of the 
 18.10  feasibility of using bio-diesel fuel in 
 18.11  commuter rail locomotives. 
 18.12  After a full-funding grant agreement 
 18.13  has been executed with the Federal 
 18.14  Transit Administration for the 
 18.15  Northstar Commuter Rail Project, the 
 18.16  remaining balance of this appropriation 
 18.17  not committed for final design and 
 18.18  project management or committed to 
 18.19  acquire land shall be available to 
 18.20  construct, furnish, and equip the 
 18.21  Northstar Commuter Rail Line and to 
 18.22  construct, furnish, and equip the 
 18.23  extension of the light rail transit 
 18.24  line. 
 18.25  If the Northstar commuter rail line is 
 18.26  extended from Big Lake to the St. Cloud 
 18.27  area, regional rail authority members 
 18.28  of the Northstar Corridor Development 
 18.29  Authority, who did not fund a portion 
 18.30  of the share of capital costs from 
 18.31  Minneapolis to Big Lake, shall 
 18.32  contribute an amount for the extension 
 18.33  equal to the amount they would have 
 18.34  contributed for their proportional 
 18.35  share of the entire line from 
 18.36  Minneapolis to the St. Cloud area. 
 18.37  Subd. 6.  Rail Service Improvement                    2,000,000
 18.38  For transfer to the rail service 
 18.39  improvement account under Minnesota 
 18.40  Statutes, section 222.49. 
 18.41  Sec. 18.  METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
 18.42  Subdivision 1.  To the Metropolitan 
 18.43  Council for the purposes specified 
 18.44  in this section                                      20,850,000
 18.45  Subd. 2.  Cedar Avenue Bus 
 18.46  Rapid Transit (BRT)                                  10,000,000
 18.47  For environmental studies, preliminary 
 18.48  engineering, bus lane improvements, and 
 18.49  transit station construction and 
 18.50  improvements for Cedar Avenue bus rapid 
 18.51  transit between the Mall of America in 
 18.52  Bloomington and the cities of Eagan, 
 18.53  Apple Valley, and Lakeville. 
 18.54  Subd. 3.  Rush Line                    
 18.55  Corridor Bus Way                                        500,000
 18.56  To match federal money for right-of-way 
 18.57  acquisition and engineering for the 
 18.58  Rush Line Corridor Bus Way between St. 
 18.59  Paul and Hinckley and for related 
 18.60  construction of park-and-pool and 
 19.1   park-and-ride facilities for the bus 
 19.2   way. 
 19.3   Subd. 4.  Central Corridor Transit Way                1,000,000 
 19.4   For design, final environmental impact 
 19.5   statement, and preliminary engineering 
 19.6   of the Central Corridor Transit Way 
 19.7   between St. Paul and the city of 
 19.8   Minneapolis. 
 19.9   Subd. 5.  Red Rock                    
 19.10  Corridor Transit Way                                    500,000
 19.11  For preliminary engineering and 
 19.12  environmental review of the Red Rock 
 19.13  corridor transit way between Hastings 
 19.14  through St. Paul to Minneapolis.  
 19.15  Subd. 6.  Metropolitan Regional
 19.16  Parks Capital Improvements                            8,850,000
 19.17  This appropriation must be used to pay 
 19.18  the cost of improvements and 
 19.19  betterments of a capital nature and 
 19.20  acquisition by the council and local 
 19.21  government units of regional 
 19.22  recreational open-space lands in 
 19.23  accordance with the council's policy 
 19.24  plan as provided in Minnesota Statutes, 
 19.25  section 473.147.  Priority should be 
 19.26  given to park rehabilitation and land 
 19.27  acquisition projects.  
 19.28  Of this amount: 
 19.29  (1) $50,000 is for a grant to the 
 19.30  Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board 
 19.31  to predesign completion of the Grand 
 19.32  Rounds National Scenic Byway by 
 19.33  providing a link between northeast 
 19.34  Minneapolis on Stinson Boulevard and 
 19.35  southeast Minneapolis at East River 
 19.36  Road. 
 19.37  (2) $300,000 is for a grant to the city 
 19.38  of St. Paul to predesign and design 
 19.39  renovation of the Como Park Zoo. 
 19.40  (3) $3,000,000 is for a grant to the 
 19.41  city of St. Paul to design and 
 19.42  construct river's edge improvements and 
 19.43  redevelop a public park on Raspberry 
 19.44  Island. 
 19.45  (4) $500,000 is for a grant to the city 
 19.46  of South St. Paul for the closure, 
 19.47  capping, and remediation of 
 19.48  approximately 80 acres of the Port 
 19.49  Crosby construction and demolition 
 19.50  debris landfill in South St. Paul, as 
 19.51  the fourth phase of converting the land 
 19.52  into parkland, and to restore 
 19.53  approximately 80 acres of riverfront 
 19.54  land along the Mississippi River. 
 19.55  Sec. 19.  HUMAN SERVICES
 19.56  Subdivision 1.  To the 
 19.57  commissioner of administration 
 19.58  for the purposes specified 
 20.1   in this section                                      25,873,000
 20.2   Subd. 2.  St. Peter Regional 
 20.3   Treatment Center Sex Offender Facility                3,259,000
 20.4   To design new facilities for up to 150 
 20.5   beds for the treatment of sex offenders 
 20.6   in the Minnesota sexual offender 
 20.7   program at the St. Peter Regional 
 20.8   Treatment Center. 
 20.9   Subd. 3.  Forensic Nursing
 20.10  Facility                                             12,600,000
 20.11  The forensic nursing facility must be 
 20.12  located at the Ah Gwah Ching 
 20.13  state-owned nursing home site, and it 
 20.14  must be operated by a public entity.  
 20.15  The state must not enter into a lease 
 20.16  or management agreement with a private 
 20.17  entity to operate the facility.  
 20.18  Subd. 4.  Systemwide - Campus
 20.19  Redevelopment/Reuse/Demolition                        6,000,000
 20.20  To demolish or improve surplus, 
 20.21  nonfunctional, or deteriorated 
 20.22  facilities and infrastructure at 
 20.23  Department of Human Services campuses 
 20.24  statewide. 
 20.25  Of this amount $900,000 is to:  
 20.26  demolish buildings; predesign, design, 
 20.27  renovate, construct, furnish, and equip 
 20.28  buildings at the Willmar Regional 
 20.29  Treatment Center for reuse; and 
 20.30  renovate campus support buildings and 
 20.31  campus infrastructure, including 
 20.32  tunnels.  These projects are to develop 
 20.33  the Willmar Regional Treatment Center 
 20.34  campus for health care, mental health 
 20.35  care, chemical dependency treatment, 
 20.36  housing, and other public purposes and 
 20.37  must be implemented consistent with the 
 20.38  recommendations in the final Willmar 
 20.39  Regional Treatment Center Master Plan 
 20.40  and Reuse Study prepared and approved 
 20.41  under Laws 2003, First Special Session 
 20.42  chapter 14, article 6, section 64, 
 20.43  subdivision 2, unless expressly 
 20.44  provided otherwise.  
 20.45  Up to $100,000 of this appropriation is 
 20.46  for grants to cities, towns, and 
 20.47  counties for grave markers or memorial 
 20.48  monuments for unmarked graves at the 
 20.49  cemeteries of former or current state 
 20.50  hospitals or regional treatment 
 20.51  centers.  The grants are to purchase 
 20.52  and place individual cemetery grave 
 20.53  markers, or memorial monuments when 
 20.54  burial locations are unknown, that 
 20.55  include the available names of 
 20.56  individuals, at the cemeteries of 
 20.57  former or current regional treatment 
 20.58  centers or state hospitals and within 
 20.59  the boundaries of the city, county, or 
 20.60  town awarded the grant.  An individual 
 20.61  monument must not be placed if the 
 20.62  family of the deceased resident objects 
 20.63  to the placement of the monument.  A 
 21.1   grantee must consult with members of 
 21.2   local service or charitable 
 21.3   organizations, members of the local 
 21.4   business community, persons with mental 
 21.5   illness or developmental disabilities 
 21.6   or their representatives; and, to the 
 21.7   extent possible, with former residents 
 21.8   of the regional treatment center or 
 21.9   state hospital, family members of 
 21.10  deceased residents of the regional 
 21.11  treatment center or state hospital, and 
 21.12  current or former employees of the 
 21.13  regional treatment center or state 
 21.14  hospital.  Appropriations for grave 
 21.15  markers must be matched by nonstate 
 21.16  funds. 
 21.17  Subd. 5.  Systemwide Roof
 21.18  Renovation and Replacement                            1,014,000
 21.19  For renovation and replacement of roofs 
 21.20  at Department of Human Services 
 21.21  facilities statewide. 
 21.22  Subd. 6.  Systemwide Asset
 21.23  Preservation                                          3,000,000
 21.24  Sec. 20.  VETERANS HOMES BOARD 
 21.25  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner
 21.26  of administration for the purposes
 21.27  specified in this section                             5,406,000  
 21.28  Subd. 2.  Asset Preservation                          5,000,000 
 21.29  For asset preservation improvements and 
 21.30  betterments of a capital nature at 
 21.31  veterans homes statewide.  
 21.32  Subd. 3.  Luverne Dementia 
 21.33  Wander Area                                             306,000 
 21.34  For a structural addition to the 
 21.35  Luverne Veterans Home to be used as an 
 21.36  Alzheimers wander area. 
 21.37  Subd. 4.  Willmar Veterans Nursing Home                 100,000
 21.38  For predesign of a Veterans Nursing 
 21.39  Home on the Willmar Regional Treatment 
 21.40  Center Campus, that may include a 
 21.41  veterans geriatric behavioral program. 
 21.42  Sec. 21.  CORRECTIONS 
 21.43  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of 
 21.44  administration for the purposes specified
 21.45  in this section                                     106,394,000
 21.46  Subd. 2.  Minnesota Correctional       
 21.47  Facility - Faribault Expansion                       84,844,000
 21.48  To design, construct, furnish, and 
 21.49  equip an expansion at the Minnesota 
 21.50  Correctional Facility - Faribault, to 
 21.51  include, but not be limited to, three 
 21.52  new 416-bed, double-bunked wet cell 
 21.53  lockable living units, a new kitchen 
 21.54  and dining area, an expanded health 
 21.55  services area, additional programming 
 21.56  space, an upgrade to the existing 
 22.1   heating plant, and demolition of 
 22.2   several buildings and a utility tunnel. 
 22.3   Subd. 3.  Minnesota Correctional       
 22.4   Facility - Stillwater                                10,000,000
 22.5   To design, construct, furnish, and 
 22.6   equip a new 150-bed high security 
 22.7   segregation unit to improve staff 
 22.8   safety and accommodate increased inmate 
 22.9   population, including the remodeling of 
 22.10  the discipline and 
 22.11  psychology/psychiatry unit, the 
 22.12  demolition of the former health 
 22.13  services building, and the removal of 
 22.14  walls dividing Cell Hall A/West and 
 22.15  Cell Hall A/Segregation. 
 22.16  Subd. 4.  Asset Preservation                         11,000,000 
 22.17  For improvements and betterments of a 
 22.18  capital nature at Minnesota 
 22.19  correctional facilities statewide, 
 22.20  including, but not limited to, 
 22.21  emergency lighting projects, roof and 
 22.22  window replacement, tuckpointing, and 
 22.23  asbestos abatement. 
 22.24  Subd. 5.  Minnesota Correctional       
 22.25  Facility - Willow River                                 350,000
 22.26  To purchase, furnish, equip, and 
 22.27  prepare foundation and utilities for a 
 22.28  new 24-bed prefabricated building.  The 
 22.29  commissioner may use this funding and 
 22.30  any other state or federal funding that 
 22.31  may be available to accommodate up to 
 22.32  75 beds. 
 22.33  Subd. 6.  St. Croix Boys and Girls Camp                 200,000
 22.34  To acquire approximately 81 acres, 
 22.35  including any improvements, located in 
 22.36  Wilma Township in Pine County, as 
 22.37  provided in Laws 1981, chapter 354, 
 22.38  section 1, as amended by Laws 1988, 
 22.39  chapter 407, sections 1 and 2.  The 
 22.40  property acquired is for use as a 
 22.41  challenge incarceration program. 
 22.42  Sec. 22.  EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
 22.43  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of
 22.44  employment and economic development or other
 22.45  named agency for the purposes
 22.46  specified in this section                           113,280,000
 22.47  Subd. 2.  State Match for
 22.48  Federal Grants                                       14,380,000
 22.49  (a) To the public facilities authority: 
 22.50  (1) to match federal grants to the 
 22.51  water pollution control revolving fund 
 22.52  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 22.53  446A.07; and 
 22.54  (2) to match federal grants to the 
 22.55  drinking water revolving fund under 
 22.56  Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.081. 
 23.1   (b) The expenditure and allocation of 
 23.2   state matching money between funds 
 23.3   described in paragraph (a), clauses (1) 
 23.4   and (2), must be based on the amount of 
 23.5   federal money appropriated to the funds.
 23.6   (c) This appropriation must be used for 
 23.7   qualified capital projects. 
 23.8   Subd. 3.  Minnesota Redevelopment
 23.9   Account                                              20,000,000
 23.10  For transfer to the Minnesota 
 23.11  redevelopment account created in 
 23.12  Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.571.  
 23.13  This appropriation may be used for 
 23.14  grants for eligible projects within the 
 23.15  biotechnology and health science zone 
 23.16  designated under Minnesota Statutes, 
 23.17  section 469.334.  
 23.18  $5,000,000 of the amount available for 
 23.19  grants for projects in the metropolitan 
 23.20  area is for a grant to the city of 
 23.21  Minneapolis to design, acquire, 
 23.22  renovate, equip public spaces, and 
 23.23  construct public infrastructure at the 
 23.24  Midtown Exchange project, formerly the 
 23.25  Sears store near Chicago and Lake 
 23.26  streets. 
 23.27  $100,000 of the amount available for 
 23.28  grants for projects in the metropolitan 
 23.29  area is for a grant to the city of 
 23.30  Golden Valley to reconstruct the 
 23.31  Canadian Pacific Railroad bridge 
 23.32  crossing, including associated storm 
 23.33  sewer work. 
 23.34  $100,000 of the amount available for 
 23.35  grants for projects in the metropolitan 
 23.36  area is for a grant to the city of New 
 23.37  Brighton to construct a wye in the city 
 23.38  of New Brighton. 
 23.39  Any unencumbered balance remaining on 
 23.40  December 31, 2004, in the appropriation 
 23.41  made by Laws 2000, chapter 492, article 
 23.42  1, section 22, subdivision 10, for a 
 23.43  grant to the city of Minneapolis, may 
 23.44  be used by the city for improvements to 
 23.45  the Heritage Park project. 
 23.46  $600,000 of the amount available for 
 23.47  grants for projects outside the 
 23.48  metropolitan area is for a grant to the 
 23.49  city of Rushford for the Institute of 
 23.50  Technology.  
 23.51  $300,000 of the amount available for 
 23.52  grants for projects outside the 
 23.53  metropolitan area is for a grant to the 
 23.54  city of Worthington for projects to 
 23.55  replace infrastructure and repair 
 23.56  damage caused by a storm.  
 23.57  $500,000 of the amount available for 
 23.58  grants for projects outside the 
 23.59  metropolitan area is for a grant to the 
 23.60  Canadian National Railroad for the 
 23.61  Western Mesabi Mine planning project, 
 24.1   including the Canisteo railroad project.
 24.2   $400,000 of the amount available for 
 24.3   grants for projects outside the 
 24.4   metropolitan area is for a grant to the 
 24.5   Minnesota Valley Regional Rail 
 24.6   Authority to rehabilitate the Minnesota 
 24.7   Prairie line from Norwood Young America 
 24.8   to Hanley Falls. 
 24.9   Subd. 4.  Wastewater Infrastructure 
 24.10  Funding Program                                      29,000,000
 24.11  (a) To the Public Facilities Authority 
 24.12  for grants and loans to eligible 
 24.13  municipalities under the wastewater 
 24.14  infrastructure program established in 
 24.15  Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.072. 
 24.16  To the greatest practical extent, the 
 24.17  authority must use the funds for 
 24.18  projects on the 2005 project priority 
 24.19  list in priority order to qualified 
 24.20  applicants that submit plans and 
 24.21  specifications to the Pollution Control 
 24.22  Agency or receive a funding commitment 
 24.23  from USDA rural development before 
 24.24  December 1, 2006. 
 24.25  (b) The grants listed in this paragraph 
 24.26  are not subject to the 2005 project 
 24.27  priority list nor to the limitations on 
 24.28  grant amounts in Minnesota Statutes, 
 24.29  section 446A.072, subdivision 5a. 
 24.30  $1,500,000 is for a grant to the city 
 24.31  of Aurora to reconstruct its wastewater 
 24.32  treatment plant, damaged in a May 5, 
 24.33  2004, explosion; 
 24.34  $4,950,000 is for a grant to the city 
 24.35  of Duluth for design and construction 
 24.36  of sanitary sewer overflow storage 
 24.37  facilities at selected locations in the 
 24.38  city of Duluth.  This appropriation is 
 24.39  available when matched by $1 of money 
 24.40  secured or provided by the city of 
 24.41  Duluth for each $1 of state money. 
 24.42  $1,500,000 is for a grant to the city 
 24.43  of Two Harbors to retire loans, whether 
 24.44  interfund or otherwise, incurred to 
 24.45  acquire land for, design, construct, 
 24.46  furnish, and equip a 2,500,000 gallon 
 24.47  equalization basin and a 
 24.48  chlorine-contact tank of at least 
 24.49  100,000 gallon capacity, adjacent to 
 24.50  the city's wastewater treatment plant.  
 24.51  The equalization basin is required 
 24.52  under the city's National Pollution 
 24.53  Discharge Elimination System permit.  
 24.54  This appropriation is not available 
 24.55  until the commissioner of finance 
 24.56  determines that $325,000 has been 
 24.57  committed to the project from nonstate 
 24.58  sources. 
 24.59  $1,550,000 for a grant to the city of 
 24.60  Bayport for the Middle St. Croix River 
 24.61  Watershed Management Organization to 
 24.62  complete the sewer system extending 
 25.1   from Minnesota Department of Natural 
 25.2   Resources pond 82-310P (the prison 
 25.3   pond) in Bayport through the Stillwater 
 25.4   prison grounds to the St. Croix River. 
 25.5   $2,500,000 is for a grant to the city 
 25.6   of Burnsville to design, construct, 
 25.7   furnish, and equip a water treatment 
 25.8   facility to provide an additional 
 25.9   potable water source for the city of 
 25.10  Burnsville using water from the 
 25.11  Burnsville quarry.  This appropriation 
 25.12  is not available until the commissioner 
 25.13  of finance has determined that at least 
 25.14  $6,000,000 is available in matching 
 25.15  money from nonstate sources.  Amounts 
 25.16  spent since January 1, 2002, to plan, 
 25.17  design, and construct this project may 
 25.18  be counted as part of the nonstate 
 25.19  match. 
 25.20  $2,000,000 is to the commissioner of 
 25.21  employment and economic development for 
 25.22  a grant to the city of New Brighton to 
 25.23  relocate a sanitary sewer interceptor 
 25.24  in the Northwest Quadrant to allow for 
 25.25  redevelopment of that area. 
 25.26  $5,000,000 is for grants to the cities 
 25.27  of Dunnell, Dumont, Henriette, 
 25.28  Lewisville, McGrath, and Ostrander to 
 25.29  undertake corrective action on systems 
 25.30  built since 2001 with federal money 
 25.31  from USDA Rural Economic and Community 
 25.32  Development.  A grant must not exceed 
 25.33  the amount of federal money used in the 
 25.34  construction of systems that 
 25.35  incorporated sand filter treatment, 
 25.36  fixed activated sludge treatment, or 
 25.37  mechanical package plant treatment 
 25.38  technologies. 
 25.39  Subd. 5.  Bioscience Development                     17,900,000
 25.40  To predesign, design, construct, 
 25.41  furnish, and equip transportation, 
 25.42  development, and redevelopment 
 25.43  infrastructure required to support 
 25.44  bioscience development in Minnesota.  
 25.45  To the extent that completed 
 25.46  applications received within one year 
 25.47  after the effective date of this act 
 25.48  permit, $5,000,000 shall be used in St. 
 25.49  Paul, $5,000,000 in Minneapolis; 
 25.50  $5,000,000 in Rochester; and $2,900,000 
 25.51  in greater Minnesota, not including 
 25.52  Rochester.  If insufficient completed 
 25.53  applications are received within the 
 25.54  year from any city or region, the 
 25.55  commissioner shall reallocate the 
 25.56  balance of such city's or region's 
 25.57  remaining funds to support bioscience 
 25.58  development in any other Minnesota city 
 25.59  or region. 
 25.60  Subd. 6.  Austin Flood Relief                         2,000,000
 25.61  For grants to assist with the cost of 
 25.62  rehabilitation and replacement of 
 25.63  publicly owned infrastructure, 
 25.64  including storm sewers, wastewater and 
 26.1   municipal utility service, drinking 
 26.2   water systems, and other infrastructure 
 26.3   damaged by flooding in the area 
 26.4   designated under Presidential 
 26.5   Declaration of Major Disaster, DR-1569, 
 26.6   whether included in the original 
 26.7   declaration or added later by federal 
 26.8   government action. 
 26.9   This appropriation may also be used to 
 26.10  acquire real property substantially 
 26.11  damaged by flooding in the area 
 26.12  included in DR-1569.  
 26.13  For the purposes of this appropriation, 
 26.14  criteria, limitations, and repayment 
 26.15  requirements in Minnesota Statutes, 
 26.16  sections 446A.07, 446A.072, and 
 26.17  446A.081, are waived. 
 26.18  Of this amount, $800,000 is for a grant 
 26.19  to the city of Austin, $600,000 is for 
 26.20  a grant to the city of Albert Lea, 
 26.21  $400,000 is for a grant to Freeborn 
 26.22  County for work in the Turtle Creek 
 26.23  Watershed, and $200,000 is for a grant 
 26.24  to the city of Blooming Prairie. 
 26.25  Subd. 7.  University of Minnesota -       
 26.26  Mayo Clinic Biotechnology Research Facility          20,000,000 
 26.27  To the Board of Regents of the 
 26.28  University of Minnesota to purchase 
 26.29  three floors in the Stabile Building on 
 26.30  the Mayo Clinic Campus in Rochester.  
 26.31  The floors are to be used for 
 26.32  scientific research beneficial to 
 26.33  collaborative research efforts between 
 26.34  the University of Minnesota and the 
 26.35  Mayo Clinic.  The three floors will be 
 26.36  owned by the University of Minnesota 
 26.37  and operated by the Mayo Clinic through 
 26.38  a use agreement approved by the 
 26.39  commissioner of finance subject to 
 26.40  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695. 
 26.41  Subd. 8.  Total Maximum                
 26.42  Daily Load Grants                                    10,000,000
 26.43  To the public facilities authority for 
 26.44  total maximum daily load grants under 
 26.45  new Minnesota Statutes, section 
 26.46  446A.073. 
 26.47  Sec. 23.  HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY                     10,000,000
 26.48  To the commissioner of the Housing 
 26.49  Finance Agency for loans and grants for 
 26.50  publicly owned permanent rental housing 
 26.51  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 26.52  462A.202, subdivision 3a, for persons 
 26.53  who have been without a permanent 
 26.54  residence for at least 12 months or on 
 26.55  at least four occasions in the last 
 26.56  three years or are at significant risk 
 26.57  of lacking a permanent residence for at 
 26.58  least 12 months or on at least four 
 26.59  occasions in the last three years.  The 
 26.60  housing must provide or coordinate with 
 26.61  linkages to services necessary for 
 26.62  residents to maintain housing stability 
 27.1   and maximize opportunities for 
 27.2   education and employment.  
 27.3   Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
 27.4   section 462A.202, subdivision 3a, the 
 27.5   commissioner shall give equal 
 27.6   consideration to proposals for projects 
 27.7   serving individuals and those serving 
 27.8   families with children.  Preference 
 27.9   among comparable proposals shall be 
 27.10  given to proposals for the acquisition 
 27.11  and rehabilitation of property. 
 27.12  Sec. 24.  MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY 
 27.13  Subdivision 1.  To the Minnesota 
 27.14  Historical Society for the purposes 
 27.15  specified in this section                             6,000,000
 27.16  Subd. 2.  Historic Sites Asset 
 27.17  Preservation                                          4,000,000
 27.18  For capital improvements and 
 27.19  betterments at state historic sites, 
 27.20  buildings, landscaping at historic 
 27.21  buildings, exhibits, markers, and 
 27.22  monuments.  The society shall determine 
 27.23  project priorities as appropriate based 
 27.24  on need. 
 27.25  Subd. 3.  County and Local Preservation Grants        2,000,000
 27.26  To be allocated to county and local 
 27.27  jurisdictions as matching money for 
 27.28  historic preservation projects of a 
 27.29  capital nature.  Grant recipients must 
 27.30  be public entities and must match state 
 27.31  funds on at least an equal basis.  The 
 27.32  facilities must be publicly owned. 
 27.33  Sec. 25.  GRANTS TO POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS 
 27.34  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of
 27.35  employment and economic development or other
 27.36  named agency for the purposes specified
 27.37  in this section                                      39,324,000
 27.38  Subd. 2.  Big Island                                  3,000,000
 27.39  For a grant to the city of Orono to 
 27.40  acquire the Big Island Veterans Camp in 
 27.41  Lake Minnetonka.  Minnesota Statutes, 
 27.42  section 197.133, applies to this 
 27.43  appropriation. 
 27.44  The appropriation is not available 
 27.45  until the commissioner of finance 
 27.46  determines that an equal amount has 
 27.47  been committed to the project from 
 27.48  nonstate sources. 
 27.49  Subd. 3.  Blue Earth Police and Fire Station           642,000 
 27.50  To the commissioner of public safety 
 27.51  for a grant to the city of Blue Earth 
 27.52  to acquire land for and to predesign, 
 27.53  design, construct, furnish, and equip a 
 27.54  fire and police station.  This 
 27.55  appropriation is not available until 
 27.56  the commissioner of finance has 
 27.57  determined that at least an equal 
 27.58  amount has been committed to the 
 28.1   project from nonstate sources. 
 28.2   Subd. 4.  Buffalo Lake Maintenance
 28.3   Garage and Street Repair                                635,000
 28.4   For a grant to the city of Buffalo Lake 
 28.5   to design, construct, furnish, and 
 28.6   equip a municipal maintenance garage 
 28.7   and reconstruct city streets damaged by 
 28.8   a tornado. 
 28.9   Subd. 5.  Colin Powell Center                         2,000,000 
 28.10  For a grant to Hennepin County to 
 28.11  acquire land for and to design, 
 28.12  construct, furnish, and equip the Colin 
 28.13  Powell Youth Leadership Center in 
 28.14  Minneapolis, subject to Minnesota 
 28.15  Statutes, section 16A.695.  The center 
 28.16  may include a National Guard drill 
 28.17  area, an education wing, including a 
 28.18  computer lab, a multipurpose arts 
 28.19  facility, a community education space, 
 28.20  a nutrition education and cooking 
 28.21  skills work-preparation area, and new 
 28.22  basketball courts. 
 28.23  This appropriation is not available 
 28.24  until the commissioner has determined 
 28.25  that all funds necessary to complete 
 28.26  the project are committed from nonstate 
 28.27  sources.  
 28.28  Subd. 6.  Crookston and Red Lake Falls
 28.29  Riverbank Protection                                  1,000,000
 28.30  $800,000 is for the Public Facilities 
 28.31  Authority to make a grant to the city 
 28.32  of Crookston to predesign, design, and 
 28.33  construct emergency riverbank 
 28.34  protection and erosion control measures 
 28.35  along the Red Lake River in the 
 28.36  vicinity of U.S. 2.  For the purposes 
 28.37  of this appropriation, the criteria, 
 28.38  limitations, and repayment requirements 
 28.39  in Minnesota Statutes, sections 
 28.40  446A.07, 446A.072, and 446A.081, are 
 28.41  waived. 
 28.42  $200,000 is for the Public Facilities 
 28.43  Authority to make a grant to the city 
 28.44  of Red Lake Falls to predesign, design, 
 28.45  and construct emergency riverbank 
 28.46  protection and erosion control measures 
 28.47  along the Red Lake River.  For the 
 28.48  purposes of this appropriation, the 
 28.49  criteria, limitations, and repayment 
 28.50  requirements in Minnesota Statutes, 
 28.51  sections 446A.07, 446A.072, and 
 28.52  446A.081, are waived. 
 28.53  Subd. 7.  Lewis and Clark Rural Water System          2,000,000 
 28.54  (a) To the public facilities authority 
 28.55  for grants to counties, rural water 
 28.56  systems, or municipalities served by 
 28.57  the Lewis and Clark Rural Water System 
 28.58  to acquire land, predesign, design, 
 28.59  construct, furnish, and equip one or 
 28.60  more rural water facilities that serve 
 28.61  southwestern Minnesota.  The grants 
 29.1   must be awarded to projects approved by 
 29.2   the Lewis and Clark Joint Powers Board. 
 29.3   (b) This appropriation is only 
 29.4   available when matched by: 
 29.5   (1) $8 of federal money; and 
 29.6   (2) at least $1 of local money to the 
 29.7   system for each $1 of state money to 
 29.8   the grant projects under paragraph (a). 
 29.9   Subd. 8.  Lowry Corridor                              1,200,000
 29.10  For a grant to Hennepin County for 
 29.11  Phase I capital improvements to the 
 29.12  Lowry Avenue corridor from Girard 
 29.13  Avenue North to the I-94 bridge in 
 29.14  Minneapolis. 
 29.15  Subd. 9.  Minnesota Planetarium                       6,000,000
 29.16  For a grant to the city of Minneapolis 
 29.17  to complete design and to construct, 
 29.18  furnish, and equip a new Minnesota 
 29.19  Planetarium and Space Discovery Center 
 29.20  location in conjunction with the 
 29.21  Minneapolis downtown library. 
 29.22  Subd. 10.  Phalen Corridor, St. Paul                  3,000,000 
 29.23  For a grant to the city of St. Paul to 
 29.24  acquire land for right-of-way and to 
 29.25  complete contamination remediation and 
 29.26  construct Phalen Boulevard between 
 29.27  Interstate Highway I-35E and Johnson 
 29.28  Parkway. 
 29.29  Subd. 11.  Rochester Regional Public 
 29.30  Safety Training Center                                  627,000
 29.31  To the commissioner of administration 
 29.32  for Phase I of the Rochester Regional 
 29.33  Public Safety Training Center to 
 29.34  develop a live burn training simulator 
 29.35  adjacent to the existing National Guard 
 29.36  facility in Rochester. 
 29.37  The appropriation is not available 
 29.38  until the commissioner determines that 
 29.39  an equal amount has been committed to 
 29.40  the project from nonstate sources. 
 29.41  Subd. 12.  Roseau Infrastructure Repair and 
 29.42  Municipal Complex Relocation                         13,220,000
 29.43  (a)(1) $4,941,000 to the public 
 29.44  facilities authority for a grant to the 
 29.45  city of Roseau to assist with the cost 
 29.46  of rehabilitation and replacement of 
 29.47  publicly owned infrastructure, 
 29.48  including storm sewers, wastewater and 
 29.49  municipal utility service, drinking 
 29.50  water systems, and other infrastructure 
 29.51  damaged by flooding in the area 
 29.52  included in DR-1419.  For the purposes 
 29.53  of this appropriation, criteria, 
 29.54  limitations, and repayment requirements 
 29.55  in Minnesota Statutes, sections 
 29.56  446A.07, 446A.072, and 446A.081, are 
 29.57  waived. 
 30.1   (2) $8,279,000 is for a grant to the 
 30.2   city of Roseau to relocate the flood 
 30.3   damaged city hall, auditorium, library, 
 30.4   museum, and police department out of 
 30.5   the Roseau River floodway as a result 
 30.6   of flooding as declared in DR-1419, and 
 30.7   in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, 
 30.8   section 16A.86. 
 30.9   (b) Capital costs for the projects in 
 30.10  paragraph (a) incurred after the 
 30.11  effective date of this act are eligible 
 30.12  for reimbursement from the grants 
 30.13  authorized in paragraph (a). 
 30.14  Subd. 13.  Rural Infrastructure                       5,000,000
 30.15  For grants under the greater Minnesota 
 30.16  business development public 
 30.17  infrastructure grant program under 
 30.18  Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.431. 
 30.19  Subd. 14.  Shubert Theater                           1,000,000
 30.20  To the commissioner of administration 
 30.21  for a grant to the city of Minneapolis 
 30.22  to construct, furnish, and equip an 
 30.23  atrium to create the Minnesota Shubert 
 30.24  Center.  The city of Minneapolis may 
 30.25  enter into a lease or management 
 30.26  agreement to operate the center, 
 30.27  subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
 30.28  16A.695. 
 30.29  Sec. 26.  BOND SALE EXPENSES                            785,000
 30.30  To the commissioner of finance for bond 
 30.31  sale expenses under Minnesota Statutes, 
 30.32  section 16A.641, subdivision 8.  
 30.33  Sec. 27.  BOND SALE SCHEDULE 
 30.34  The commissioner of finance shall 
 30.35  schedule the sale of state general 
 30.36  obligation bonds so that, during the 
 30.37  biennium ending June 30, 2007, no more 
 30.38  than $778,319,000 will need to be 
 30.39  transferred from the general fund to 
 30.40  the state bond fund to pay principal 
 30.41  and interest due and to become due on 
 30.42  outstanding state general obligation 
 30.43  bonds.  During the biennium, before 
 30.44  each sale of state general obligation 
 30.45  bonds, the commissioner of finance 
 30.46  shall calculate the amount of debt 
 30.47  service payments needed on bonds 
 30.48  previously issued and shall estimate 
 30.49  the amount of debt service payments 
 30.50  that will be needed on the bonds 
 30.51  scheduled to be sold.  The commissioner 
 30.52  shall adjust the amount of bonds 
 30.53  scheduled to be sold so as to remain 
 30.54  within the limit set by this section.  
 30.55  The amount needed to make the debt 
 30.56  service payments is appropriated from 
 30.57  the general fund as provided in 
 30.58  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641.  
 30.59     Sec. 28.  [BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.] 
 30.60     Subdivision 1.  [BOND PROCEEDS FUND.] To provide the money 
 31.1   appropriated in this act from the bond proceeds fund, the 
 31.2   commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state 
 31.3   in an amount up to $766,811,000 in the manner, upon the terms, 
 31.4   and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 
 31.5   16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article 
 31.6   XI, sections 4 to 7.  
 31.7      Subd. 2.  [TRANSPORTATION FUND BOND PROCEEDS ACCOUNT.] To 
 31.8   provide the money appropriated in this act from the state 
 31.9   transportation fund, the commissioner of finance shall sell and 
 31.10  issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $50,000,000 in the 
 31.11  manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by 
 31.12  Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the 
 31.13  Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.  The 
 31.14  proceeds of the bonds, except accrued interest and any premium 
 31.15  received on the sale of the bonds, must be credited to a bond 
 31.16  proceeds account in the state transportation fund. 
 31.17     Sec. 29.  [16A.502] [NONSTATE COMMITMENTS TO CAPITAL 
 31.18  PROJECTS.] 
 31.19     (a) A state appropriation or grant for a capital project or 
 31.20  project phase may require a commitment from nonstate sources. 
 31.21     (1) The commitment must be in the amount that when added to 
 31.22  the appropriation or grant is sufficient to complete the 
 31.23  project; 
 31.24     (2) the appropriation or grant is not available until the 
 31.25  commitment is determined to be sufficient; and 
 31.26     (3) the commissioner must determine the sufficiency of the 
 31.27  commitment. 
 31.28     (b) In making the determination, the commissioner must 
 31.29  apply generally accepted governmental accounting standards and 
 31.30  principles, including those that are particularly applicable to 
 31.31  capital projects. 
 31.32     Sec. 30.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 16A.671, 
 31.33  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 31.34     Subd. 3.  [DEFINITIONS.] As used in this section, the terms 
 31.35  defined in this subdivision have the meanings given them:  
 31.36     (a) "General fund" means all cash and investments from time 
 32.1   to time received and held in the treasury, except proceeds of 
 32.2   state bonds and amounts received and held in special or 
 32.3   dedicated funds created by the Constitution, or by or pursuant 
 32.4   to federal laws or regulations, or by bond or trust instruments, 
 32.5   pension contracts, or other agreements of the state or its 
 32.6   agencies with private persons, entered into under state law.  
 32.7      (b) "Maximum current cash flow requirement" means the 
 32.8   commissioner's written estimate of the largest of the amounts by 
 32.9   which, on a particular designated date in each month of the term 
 32.10  for which certificates are to be issued, the sum of (1) the 
 32.11  warrants then outstanding against the general fund plus (2) 
 32.12  those that must be drawn on the fund before the same date in the 
 32.13  following month, in payment of claims due for expenditure under 
 32.14  all appropriations and allotments, will exceed the amount of 
 32.15  cash or cash equivalent assets held in the general fund on the 
 32.16  first of these dates an amount equal to five percent of the 
 32.17  actual working capital expenditures from the general fund in the 
 32.18  preceding fiscal year, will exceed the amount of cash or cash 
 32.19  equivalent assets held in the general fund, excluding the 
 32.20  proceeds of the certificates to be issued.  
 32.21     Sec. 31.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 85.019, 
 32.22  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 32.23     Subd. 2.  [PARKS AND OUTDOOR RECREATION AREAS.] The 
 32.24  commissioner shall administer a program to provide grants to 
 32.25  units of government for up to 50 percent of the costs of 
 32.26  acquisition and betterment of public land and improvements 
 32.27  needed for parks and other outdoor recreation areas and 
 32.28  facilities, including costs to create veterans memorial gardens 
 32.29  and parks. 
 32.30     Sec. 32.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 116.182, 
 32.31  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 32.32     Subd. 2.  [APPLICABILITY.] This section governs the 
 32.33  commissioner's certification of projects seeking financial 
 32.34  assistance under section 103F.725, subdivision 1a,; 446A.07, or; 
 32.35  446A.072; or 446A.073. 
 32.36     Sec. 33.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 116J.571, is 
 33.1   amended to read: 
 33.2      116J.571 [CREATION OF ACCOUNTS.] 
 33.3      Two greater Minnesota redevelopment accounts are created, 
 33.4   one in the general fund and one in the bond proceeds fund.  
 33.5   Money in the accounts may be used to make grants as provided in 
 33.6   section 116J.575.  Money in the bond proceeds fund may only be 
 33.7   used for eligible costs for publicly owned property.  Money in 
 33.8   the general fund may be used to pay for the commissioner's costs 
 33.9   in reviewing the applications. 
 33.10     Sec. 34.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 116J.572, 
 33.11  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 33.12     Subd. 2.  [DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.] "Development authority" 
 33.13  includes a statutory or home rule charter city, county, housing 
 33.14  and redevelopment authority, economic development authority, or 
 33.15  port authority located outside the seven-county metropolitan 
 33.16  area, as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2. 
 33.17     Sec. 35.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 116J.573, 
 33.18  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 33.19     Subdivision 1.  [ACCOUNTS.] Criteria for use of the 
 33.20  accounts created in section 116J.571 must be consistent with and 
 33.21  promote the purposes of sections 116J.571 to 116J.575.  They 
 33.22  include, but are not limited to: 
 33.23     (1) creating and preserving living wage jobs in greater 
 33.24  Minnesota; 
 33.25     (2) creating incentives for communities to include a full 
 33.26  range of housing opportunities; 
 33.27     (3) creating incentives for all communities to implement 
 33.28  compact, efficient, and mixed-use development; and 
 33.29     (4) creating incentives to assist communities in 
 33.30  maintaining a unique sense of place by preserving local, 
 33.31  cultural assets. 
 33.32     Sec. 36.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 116J.573, 
 33.33  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 33.34     Subd. 2.  [PROJECTS.] To be eligible for funding by the 
 33.35  greater Minnesota redevelopment account, a project must: 
 33.36     (1) interrelate redevelopment with other public investments 
 34.1   in transportation, housing, schools, energy, utilities 
 34.2   information infrastructure, and other public services; 
 34.3      (2) interrelate affordable housing and employment growth 
 34.4   areas; 
 34.5      (3) intensify land use that leads to more compact 
 34.6   redevelopment; 
 34.7      (4) involve redevelopment that mixes incomes of residents 
 34.8   in housing, including introducing or reintroducing higher value 
 34.9   housing in lower income areas to achieve a mix of housing 
 34.10  opportunities; 
 34.11     (5) involve participation from citizens and the business 
 34.12  community in the planning and development of the proposed 
 34.13  redevelopment plan; 
 34.14     (6) encourage public infrastructure investments which 
 34.15  attract private sector redevelopment investment in commercial, 
 34.16  industrial, and residential properties adjacent to public 
 34.17  improvements, and provide project area residents with expanded 
 34.18  opportunities for private sector employment; or 
 34.19     (7) be sustainable at the local level and reduce the 
 34.20  probability of future requests for state development, 
 34.21  maintenance, or replacement assistance. 
 34.22     Sec. 37.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 116J.573, 
 34.23  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
 34.24     Subd. 5.  [ANNUAL REPORT.] The commissioner shall prepare 
 34.25  and submit to the legislature an annual report on the greater 
 34.26  Minnesota redevelopment account.  The report must include 
 34.27  information on the amount of money in the account, the amount 
 34.28  distributed, to whom the grants were distributed and for what 
 34.29  purposes, and an evaluation of the effectiveness of the projects 
 34.30  funded in meeting the policies and goals of the program. 
 34.31     Sec. 38.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 116J.575, 
 34.32  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 34.33     Subdivision 1.  [COMMISSIONER DISCRETION.] The commissioner 
 34.34  may make a grant for up to 50 percent of the eligible costs of a 
 34.35  project.  The commissioner shall, in each grant cycle, make 
 34.36  grants so that 50 percent of the dollar value of grants for that 
 35.1   cycle are for projects located outside of the seven-county 
 35.2   metropolitan area as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2, 
 35.3   and 50 percent are for projects located within the seven-county 
 35.4   metropolitan area.  This allocation of grant funds does not 
 35.5   apply for any grant cycle in which the applications received by 
 35.6   the application deadline are insufficient to permit the equal 
 35.7   division of grants between metropolitan and nonmetropolitan 
 35.8   projects.  The determination of whether to make a grant for a 
 35.9   site is within the discretion of the commissioner, subject to 
 35.10  this section and sections 116J.571 to 116J.574 and available 
 35.11  unencumbered money in the greater Minnesota redevelopment 
 35.12  account.  The commissioner's decisions and application of the 
 35.13  priorities under this section are not subject to judicial 
 35.14  review, except for abuse of discretion. 
 35.15     Sec. 39.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 134.45, is 
 35.16  amended to read: 
 35.17     134.45 [LIBRARY ACCESSIBILITY AND IMPROVEMENT GRANTS.] 
 35.18     Subdivision 1.  [APPLICATION; DEFINITION.] Public library 
 35.19  jurisdictions may apply to the commissioner of education for 
 35.20  grants to improve for improvements and accessibility to their 
 35.21  library facilities.  For the purposes of this section, "public 
 35.22  library jurisdictions" means regional public library systems, 
 35.23  regional library districts, cities, and counties operating 
 35.24  libraries under chapter 134. 
 35.25     Subd. 2.  [APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER.] The commissioner of 
 35.26  education, in consultation with the state Council on Disability, 
 35.27  may approve or disapprove applications under this section.  The 
 35.28  highest priority for use of grant money must be used only to 
 35.29  remove architectural barriers from a building or site.  
 35.30  Remaining grant money may be used to renovate or expand an 
 35.31  existing building for use as a library, or to construct a new 
 35.32  library building. 
 35.33     Subd. 3.  [APPLICATION FORMS.] The commissioner of 
 35.34  education shall prepare application forms and establish 
 35.35  application dates.  
 35.36     Subd. 4.  [MATCH.] A public library jurisdiction applying 
 36.1   for a grant under this section must match the grant with local 
 36.2   funds. 
 36.3      Subd. 5.  [QUALIFICATION; ACCESSIBILITY GRANTS.] A public 
 36.4   library jurisdiction may apply for a grant in an amount up 
 36.5   to $150,000 $200,000 or 50 percent of the approved costs of 
 36.6   removing architectural barriers from a building or site, 
 36.7   whichever is less.  Grants may be made only for projects in 
 36.8   existing buildings used as a library, or to prepare another 
 36.9   existing building for use as a library.  Renovation of an 
 36.10  existing building may include an addition to the building if the 
 36.11  additional space is necessary to provide accessibility or if 
 36.12  relocating public spaces to the ground level provides improved 
 36.13  overall accessibility.  Grants must not be used to pay part of 
 36.14  the cost of meeting accessibility requirements in a new building.
 36.15     Subd. 5a.  [PROHIBITION ON PORNOGRAPHIC USE OF INTERNET.] A 
 36.16  public library jurisdiction is not eligible for a grant under 
 36.17  this section unless it has adopted a policy to prohibit library 
 36.18  users from using the library's Internet access to view, print, 
 36.19  or distribute material that is obscene within the meaning of 
 36.20  section 617.241. 
 36.21     Subd. 5b.  [QUALIFICATION; IMPROVEMENT GRANTS.] A public 
 36.22  library jurisdiction may apply for a grant in an amount up to 
 36.23  $1,000,000 or 50 percent, whichever is less, of the approved 
 36.24  costs of renovating or expanding an existing library building, 
 36.25  or to construct a new library building. 
 36.26     Subd. 6.  [AWARD OF GRANTS.] The commissioner, in 
 36.27  consultation with the state Council on Disability, shall examine 
 36.28  and consider all applications for grants.  If a public library 
 36.29  jurisdiction is found not qualified, the commissioner shall 
 36.30  promptly notify it.  The commissioner shall prioritize grants on 
 36.31  the following bases:  the degree of collaboration with other 
 36.32  public or private agencies, the public library jurisdiction's 
 36.33  tax burden, the long-term feasibility of the project, the 
 36.34  suitability of the project, and the need for the project.  If 
 36.35  the total amount of the applications exceeds the amount that is 
 36.36  or can be made available, the commissioner shall award grants 
 37.1   according to the commissioner's judgment and discretion and 
 37.2   based upon a ranking of the projects according to the factors 
 37.3   listed in this subdivision.  The commissioner shall promptly 
 37.4   certify to each public library jurisdiction the amount, if any, 
 37.5   of the grant awarded to it. 
 37.6      Subd. 7.  [PROJECT BUDGET.] A public library jurisdiction 
 37.7   that receives a grant must provide the commissioner with the 
 37.8   project budget and any other information the commissioner 
 37.9   requests. 
 37.10     Sec. 40.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 136F.60, is 
 37.11  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 37.12     Subd. 5.  [DISPOSITION OF SURPLUS PROPERTY.] (a) The board 
 37.13  may declare state lands under its control that are no longer 
 37.14  needed by the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system 
 37.15  to be surplus and may offer them for public sale in a manner 
 37.16  consistent with the procedures set forth in sections 16B.282 to 
 37.17  16B.286 for disposition of state lands by the commissioner of 
 37.18  administration.  The parcels must not be exchanged or 
 37.19  transferred for no or nominal consideration. 
 37.20     (b) Proceeds from the sale or disposition of land under 
 37.21  this subdivision, after paying all expenses incurred in selling 
 37.22  or disposing of the land and then paying any amounts due under 
 37.23  section 16A.695, shall be appropriated to the board for use for 
 37.24  capital projects at the institution which was responsible for 
 37.25  management of the land. 
 37.26     Sec. 41.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 174.52, is 
 37.27  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 37.28     Subd. 4a.  [RURAL ROAD SAFETY ACCOUNT; APPROPRIATION.] (a) 
 37.29  A rural road safety account is established in the local road 
 37.30  improvement fund.  Money in the account is annually appropriated 
 37.31  to the commissioner of transportation for expenditure as 
 37.32  specified in this subdivision.  Money in the account must be 
 37.33  used as grants to counties to assist in paying the costs of 
 37.34  capital improvement projects on county state-aid highways that 
 37.35  are intended primarily to reduce traffic crashes, deaths, 
 37.36  injuries, and property damage. 
 38.1      (b) The commissioner shall establish procedures for 
 38.2   counties to apply for grants from the rural road safety account 
 38.3   and criteria to be used to select projects for funding.  The 
 38.4   commissioner shall establish these procedures and criteria in 
 38.5   consultation with representatives appointed by the Association 
 38.6   of Minnesota Counties.  Eligibility for project selection must 
 38.7   be based on the ability of each proposed project to reduce the 
 38.8   frequency and severity of crashes. 
 38.9      (c) Money in the account must be allocated in each fiscal 
 38.10  year as follows: 
 38.11     (1) one-third of money in the account must be used for 
 38.12  projects in the counties of Anoka, Chisago, Carver, Dakota, 
 38.13  Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington; and 
 38.14     (2) the remainder must be used for projects elsewhere in 
 38.15  the state. 
 38.16     Sec. 42.  [446A.073] [TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD GRANTS.] 
 38.17     Subdivision 1.  [PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.] The authority must 
 38.18  make grants to municipalities to cover up to one-half the cost 
 38.19  of wastewater treatment projects made necessary by wasteload 
 38.20  reductions under total maximum daily load plans required by 
 38.21  section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act, United States 
 38.22  Code, title 33, section 1313(d). 
 38.23     Subd. 2.  [GRANT APPLICATION.] Application for a grant must 
 38.24  be made to the authority on forms prescribed by the authority 
 38.25  for the total maximum daily load grant program, with additional 
 38.26  information as required by the authority.  In accordance with 
 38.27  section 116.182, the Pollution Control Agency shall: 
 38.28     (1) calculate the essential project component percentage, 
 38.29  which must be multiplied by the total project cost to determine 
 38.30  the eligible project cost; and 
 38.31     (2) review and certify approved projects to the authority. 
 38.32     Subd. 3.  [PROJECT PRIORITIES.] When money is appropriated 
 38.33  for grants under this program, the authority shall reserve money 
 38.34  for projects in the order that their total maximum daily load 
 38.35  plan was approved by the United States Environmental Protection 
 38.36  Agency and in an amount based on their most recent cost 
 39.1   estimates submitted to the authority or the as-bid costs, 
 39.2   whichever is less. 
 39.3      Subd. 4.  [GRANT APPROVAL.] The authority must make a grant 
 39.4   to a municipality, as defined in section 116.182, subdivision 1, 
 39.5   only after: 
 39.6      (1) the commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control 
 39.7   Agency has certified to the United States Environmental 
 39.8   Protection Agency a total maximum daily load plan for identified 
 39.9   waters of this state that includes a point source wasteload 
 39.10  allocation; 
 39.11     (2) the Environmental Protection Agency has approved the 
 39.12  plan; 
 39.13     (3) a municipality affected by the plan has estimated the 
 39.14  cost to it of wastewater treatment projects necessary to comply 
 39.15  with the point source wasteload allocation; 
 39.16     (4) the Pollution Control Agency has approved the cost 
 39.17  estimate; and 
 39.18     (5) the authority has determined that the additional 
 39.19  financing necessary to complete the project has been committed 
 39.20  from other sources. 
 39.21     Subd. 5.  [GRANT DISBURSEMENT.] Disbursement of a grant 
 39.22  must be made for eligible project costs as incurred by the 
 39.23  municipality and in accordance with a project financing 
 39.24  agreement and applicable state and federal laws and rules 
 39.25  governing the payments. 
 39.26     Sec. 43.  Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 23, subdivision 
 39.27  17, as amended by Laws 1999, chapter 20, section 1, is amended 
 39.28  to read: 
 39.29  Subd. 17.  Paramount Arts District
 39.30  Regional Arts Center                                    750,000
 39.31  (a) To the commissioner of 
 39.32  administration for a grant to the city 
 39.33  of St. Cloud Housing and Redevelopment 
 39.34  Authority to construct, furnish, and 
 39.35  equip the Paramount Arts District 
 39.36  Regional Arts Center, subject to 
 39.37  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695.  
 39.38  This appropriation is not available 
 39.39  until the commissioner has determined 
 39.40  that the necessary additional financing 
 39.41  to complete at least a $5,400,000 
 39.42  project has been committed by nonstate 
 40.1   sources. 
 40.2   (b) The Housing and Redevelopment 
 40.3   Authority must effect the transfer as 
 40.4   otherwise required or permitted by 
 40.5   law.  Once the transfer is effected, 
 40.6   the city is the successor to the 
 40.7   Housing and Redevelopment Authority for 
 40.8   the purposes of the grant and Minnesota 
 40.9   Statutes, section 16A.695. 
 40.10     Sec. 44.  Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 20, 
 40.11  article 1, section 11, is amended to read: 
 40.12  Sec. 11.  HEALTH                                        775,000
 40.13  For transfer to the Board of Trustees 
 40.14  of the Minnesota State Colleges and 
 40.15  Universities to design and, construct, 
 40.16  and equip a community dental clinic at 
 40.17  Lake Superior Community College in 
 40.18  Duluth and design and, renovate, and 
 40.19  equip the Northwest Technical 
 40.20  College Minnesota State Community and 
 40.21  Technical Colleges dental hygiene 
 40.22  clinic in Moorhead, subject to 
 40.23  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695. 
 40.24     Sec. 45.  [STILLWATER LEVEE FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT.] 
 40.25     Notwithstanding the grant expiration date of June 30, 2002, 
 40.26  the commissioner of natural resources shall extend until June 
 40.27  30, 2006, the expiration date of a grant made to the city of 
 40.28  Stillwater under Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.161, and 
 40.29  matching certain federal appropriations for flood hazard 
 40.30  mitigation. 
 40.31     Sec. 46.  [MINNESOTA ZOO MARINE CENTER DEBT SERVICE.] 
 40.32     Beginning in fiscal year 2006, the Minnesota Zoological 
 40.33  Garden is not required to pay any of the debt service costs on 
 40.34  bonds sold for the Marine Education Center authorized in Laws 
 40.35  1994, chapter 643, section 27, subdivision 2, as amended by Laws 
 40.36  1996, chapter 463, section 54. 
 40.37     Sec. 47.  [TRANSFER OF MHFA BONDING AUTHORITY TO HESO.] 
 40.38     Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 474A.03, 
 40.39  subdivision 2a, paragraph (b), the Minnesota Housing Finance 
 40.40  Agency may enter into an agreement with the Higher Education 
 40.41  Services Office under which the Higher Education Services Office 
 40.42  issues qualified student loan bonds, up to $50,000,000 of which 
 40.43  are issued pursuant to bonding authority allocated to the 
 40.44  Minnesota Housing Finance Agency in 2005 under Minnesota 
 41.1   Statutes, section 474A.03, subdivision 2a, paragraph (a).  This 
 41.2   amount is in addition to the bonding authority otherwise 
 41.3   allocated to the Higher Education Services Office under 
 41.4   Minnesota Statutes, chapter 474A.  Notwithstanding Minnesota 
 41.5   Statutes, section 474A.04, subdivision 1a, 474A.061, or 
 41.6   474A.091, subdivision 2, bonding authority carried forward by 
 41.7   the Minnesota Housing Financing Agency from its allocation for 
 41.8   2004 under Minnesota Statutes, section 474A.03, subdivision 2a, 
 41.9   paragraph (b), are exempt from the requirement that the bonding 
 41.10  authority be permanently issued by December 31 of the next 
 41.11  succeeding calendar year. 
 41.12     Sec. 48.  [SALE OF FUJI YA PROPERTY; USE OF PROCEEDS.] 
 41.13     Subdivision 1.  [SALE.] After making the determinations 
 41.14  required under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695 and meeting 
 41.15  any other requirements of law, the Minneapolis Park and 
 41.16  Recreation Board may sell the property known as the Fuji Ya 
 41.17  Restaurant property, acquired with state bond funds appropriated 
 41.18  in Laws 1987, chapter 400, section 8, subdivision 5, as amended. 
 41.19  The sale amount must be at least the property's fair market 
 41.20  value.  The property may be sold to a private entity. 
 41.21     Subd. 2.  [PROCEEDS USE FOR OTHER PUBLICLY OWNED CAPITAL 
 41.22  PROJECTS FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES.] Notwithstanding the requirements 
 41.23  in Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695, subdivision 3, with 
 41.24  respect to the distribution of the net sale proceeds, the 
 41.25  proceeds must be distributed as provided in this subdivision.  
 41.26  The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board must certify to the 
 41.27  commissioner of finance, in a form required by the commissioner, 
 41.28  that any net proceeds from the sale under this section realized 
 41.29  by the board are spent on capital improvements that meet the 
 41.30  constitutional requirements for expenditure of state bond funds, 
 41.31  and such capital improvements are state bond financed property 
 41.32  under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695. 
 41.33     (a) Up to $750,000 of the net proceeds of the sale may be 
 41.34  retained by the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board to make 
 41.35  capital improvements to a public parking facility constructed on 
 41.36  the Fuji Ya site if the board has entered into a 99-year lease 
 42.1   agreement with the owner.  This allocation is contingent on an 
 42.2   equal amount committed from nonstate sources.  The lease 
 42.3   payments the board makes for the site may be used as nonstate 
 42.4   match. 
 42.5      (b) After providing for the parking facility under 
 42.6   paragraph (a), the remaining net proceeds, estimated to be 
 42.7   $1,750,000, must be split equally between the board and the 
 42.8   state.  At a minimum, the state must receive $544,000. 
 42.9      (c) The board must use its share of the remaining net 
 42.10  proceeds as follows:  (1) at least $25,000 for predesign and 
 42.11  design of the East Phillips Cultural and Community Center; and 
 42.12  (2) for acquisition and development of property in the 
 42.13  metropolitan regional park system that is covered by the "Above 
 42.14  the Falls" master plan.  Property acquired or improved under 
 42.15  this paragraph is state bond financed property, subject to 
 42.16  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695.  This allocation is 
 42.17  contingent on an equal amount committed from nonstate sources.  
 42.18     Sec. 49.  [UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA; DULUTH PARKING.] 
 42.19     The Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota is 
 42.20  encouraged to expand the parking facilities at the University of 
 42.21  Minnesota, Duluth Campus through the purchase of land and 
 42.22  property from willing sellers.  
 42.23     Sec. 50.  [DNR PLAN FOR FORT SNELLING OFFICERS ROW.] 
 42.24     The commissioner of natural resources, in consultation with 
 42.25  appropriate federal agencies, other state agencies, and local 
 42.26  governments, must develop a plan for the buildings in the 
 42.27  officers row area of Fort Snelling that are in disrepair.  The 
 42.28  plan must include recommendations on which buildings should be 
 42.29  demolished, renovated and reused, or sold.  The commissioner 
 42.30  must present the plan by January 1, 2006, to the chairs of the 
 42.31  house and senate committees with jurisdiction over natural 
 42.32  resources policy and finance, state historical sites, state 
 42.33  capital investments, and ways and means or finance. 
 42.34     Sec. 51.  [MAXIMUM EFFORT CAPITAL LOAN FORGIVEN; EAST 
 42.35  CENTRAL.] 
 42.36     Subdivision 1.  [SALE REQUIREMENTS.] Independent School 
 43.1   District No. 2580, East Central, may sell its middle school 
 43.2   building in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 
 43.3   16A.695.  The net proceeds from the sale of the property must be 
 43.4   paid to the commissioner of finance and deposited in the state 
 43.5   bond fund. 
 43.6      Subd. 2.  [OUTSTANDING LOAN BALANCE FORGIVEN.] Any 
 43.7   remaining outstanding balance on the maximum effort capital loan 
 43.8   issued in January 1982 to former Independent School District No. 
 43.9   566, Askov, after the application of the sale proceeds according 
 43.10  to subdivision 1, is forgiven. 
 43.11     Sec. 52.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 43.12     This article is effective the day following final enactment.
 43.13                             ARTICLE 2 
 43.14                       ADJUSTMENT OF GENERAL
 43.15                   OBLIGATION BOND AUTHORIZATIONS
 43.16     Section 1.  [TABLE OF ORIGINAL AND ADJUSTED 
 43.17  AUTHORIZATIONS.] 
 43.18     Column A lists the citation to each law authorizing general 
 43.19  obligation bonds since Laws 1983, chapter 323, section 6, to 
 43.20  which a further adjustment is being made in this section. 
 43.21     The original authorization amount in each law is shown in 
 43.22  column B opposite the citation of the law it appears in. 
 43.23     The original authorization amount in column B is hereby 
 43.24  adjusted to the amount shown in column C.  The adjustments 
 43.25  resulting in the column C amount reflect specific changes to an 
 43.26  authorization in law, executive vetoes sustained or not 
 43.27  challenged, administrative action reflecting cancellation and 
 43.28  abandonment of all or the unused balance from specific projects 
 43.29  for which the proceeds of authorized bonds were intended to be 
 43.30  used, and other action pursuant to law resulting in the adjusted 
 43.31  authorizations shown in column C.  The amounts shown in column C 
 43.32  are validated as the lawful adjusted authorization for the cited 
 43.33  law as of April 1, 2004, for all purposes for which the 
 43.34  authorization is required or used. 
 43.35             Column A            Column B         Column C
 43.36       L 1983, c 323, s 6        $ 30,000,000     $ 29,935,000
 44.1        L 1987, c 400, s 25,
 44.2        subd 1                     370,972,200      369,560,500
 44.3        L 1987, c 400, s 25, 
 44.4        subd 5                      66,747,000       66,740,000
 44.5        L 1989, c 300, art 1,
 44.6        s 23, subd 1               142,585,000      135,060,000
 44.7        L 1991, c 354, art 11, 
 44.8        s 2, subd 1                 12,000,000       11,360,000
 44.9        L 1992, c 558, s 28,
 44.10       subd 1                     231,695,000      219,085,000
 44.11       L 1992, c 558, s 28,
 44.12       subd 3                      17,500,000       17,368,000
 44.13       L 1993, c 373, s 19,
 44.14       subd 1                      54,640,000       53,355,000
 44.15       L 1993, c 373, s 19,
 44.16       subd 2                       9,900,000        9,480,000
 44.17       L 1994, c 643, s 31,
 44.18       subd 1                     573,385,000      564,650,523
 44.19       L 1994, c 643, s 31,
 44.20       subd 2                      45,000,000       34,820,000
 44.21       L 1995, 1SS c 2, s 14,
 44.22       subd 1                       5,630,000        5,590,000 
 44.23       L 1996, c 463, s 27,
 44.24       subd 1                     597,110,000      549,244,560
 44.25       L 1997, c 246, s 10,
 44.26       subd 1                      86,625,000       86,192,000
 44.27       L 1997, 2SS c 2, s 12       55,305,000       38,308,054
 44.28       L 1998, c 404, s 27,
 44.29       subd 1                     463,795,000      104,478,674
 44.30       L 1999, c 240, art 1,
 44.31       s 13, subd 1               139,510,000      111,905,000
 44.32       L 1999, c 240, art 1,
 44.33       s 13, subd 2                10,440,000          -0-
 44.34       L 1999, c 240, art 2,
 44.35       s 16, subd 1               372,400,000      367,418,000
 44.36       L 2000, c 492, art 1,
 45.1        s 26, subd 1               426,870,000      487,730,000
 45.2        L 2001, 1SS c 12, s 11,     
 45.3        subd 1                      99,205,000       98,205,000
 45.4        L 2002, c 393, s 30,
 45.5        subd 1                     920,235,000      567,312,000
 45.6      Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 45.7      This article is effective the day following final enactment.