as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
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Introduction | Posted on 03/15/2006 |
A bill for an act
relating to capital improvements; authorizing spending to acquire and better
public land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature;
authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds; appropriating money for
central Minnesota science initiative projects.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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$2,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to the commissioner of
employment and economic development for the purposes in this section.
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$900,000 is for a grant to the city of St. Cloud to acquire land for and install public
utilities to serve the expansion of the I-94 business park.
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$100,000 is for a grant to Stearns County to acquire an easement and equipment to
implement methane digester technology.
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$300,000 is for a grant to the Minnesota Poultry Testing Laboratory in Willmar to
renovate and equip the laboratory to meet testing requirements related to avian influenza
detection.
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$500,000 is for a grant to the Board of Regents of the Minnesota State Colleges and
Universities to renovate and equip Wick Science Center at St. Cloud State University with
specialized equipment, including a scanning probe microscope, LiCor DNA sequencer,
odyssey system, and a gas-chromatography-mass spectrometer.
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$200,000 is for a grant to the Board of Regents of the Minnesota State Colleges and
Universities for St. Cloud Technical College to acquire specialized refrigeration units
used in transportation of pharmaceuticals.
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To provide the money appropriated by section 1, from the bond proceeds fund,
the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to
$2,000,000 in the manner, on the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota
Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI,
sections 4 to 7.
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Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following final enactment.
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