HF 3769

as introduced - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 04/12/2010 01:56pm

A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; authorizing spending to acquire and better
public land and buildings and other improvements of a capital nature with
certain conditions; authorizing the sale of state bonds; modifying previous
appropriations; appropriating money.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS. new text end

new text begin The sums shown in the column under "Appropriations" are appropriated from the
bond proceeds fund, or another named fund, to the state agencies or officials indicated,
to be spent for public purposes. Appropriations of bond proceeds must be spent as
authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 5, paragraph (a), to acquire
and better public land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature, or
as authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 5, paragraphs (b) to (j),
or article XIV. Unless otherwise specified, money appropriated in this act for a capital
program or project may be used to pay state agency staff costs that are attributed directly
to the capital program or project in accordance with accounting policies adopted by the
commissioner of management and budget. Unless otherwise specified, the appropriations
in this act are available until the project is completed or abandoned subject to Minnesota
Statutes, section 16A.642.
new text end

new text begin SUMMARY new text end
new text begin Minnesota State Colleges and Universities new text end		new text begin 133,751,000 new text end
new text begin Education new text end		new text begin 2,000,000 new text end
new text begin Board of Water and Soil Resources new text end		new text begin 25,000,000 new text end
new text begin Human Services new text end		new text begin 2,000,000 new text end
new text begin Housing Finance Agency new text end		new text begin 10,000,000 new text end
new text begin TOTAL new text end	new text begin $ new text end	new text begin 172,751,000 new text end
new text begin Bond Proceeds Fund (General Fund Debt Service) new text end		new text begin 124,659,000 new text end
new text begin Bond Proceeds Fund (User Financed Debt Service) new text end		new text begin 48,092,000 new text end

new text begin APPROPRIATIONS new text end

Sec. 2. new text begin MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Total Appropriation new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 133,751,000 new text end

new text begin To the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota
State Colleges and Universities for the
purposes specified in this section.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Anoka Ramsey Community College, Coon Rapids new text end

new text begin (a) Fine Arts Building Renovation new text end

new text begin 5,357,000 new text end

new text begin To complete design and to renovate, furnish,
and equip the Fine Arts classroom and lab
building.
new text end

new text begin (b) Bioscience and Allied Health Addition new text end

new text begin 400,000 new text end

new text begin To complete design of a Bioscience and
Allied Health addition and renovation to
support Science Technology and Math
(STEM) and nursing program initiatives.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Dakota County Technical College new text end

new text begin Transportation and Emerging Technologies Lab new text end

new text begin 300,000 new text end

new text begin To complete design of the transportation
and emerging technologies classrooms,
laboratories, and related spaces.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Hennepin Technical College, Eden Prairie, Brooklyn Park new text end

new text begin Learning Resource and Student Services Renovation new text end

new text begin 10,566,000 new text end

new text begin To renovate, furnish, and equip existing
space at the Brooklyn Park and Eden
Prairie campuses for a Library and Learning
Resource Center and student services with an
addition and new entrances at both campuses.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Minneapolis Community and Technical College new text end

new text begin Workforce Program Renovation new text end

new text begin 12,990,000 new text end

new text begin To complete design and to renovate, furnish,
and equip instructional space, support space,
and infrastructure for workforce programs.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 6. new text end new text begin Minnesota State University, Mankato new text end

new text begin Clinical Science Building Design new text end

new text begin 1,908,000 new text end

new text begin To design for construction a Clinical Science
Building.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 7. new text end new text begin Minnesota State University, Moorhead new text end

new text begin Livingston Lord Library and Information Technology Renovation new text end

new text begin 14,901,000 new text end

new text begin To complete design and to renovate, furnish,
and equip Livingston Lord Library.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 8. new text end new text begin Minnesota West Community and Technical College, Canby new text end

new text begin Wind Turbine Training Facility new text end

new text begin 200,000 new text end

new text begin For preliminary engineering and design of a
commercial scale wind turbine for the wind
energy technology program.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 9. new text end new text begin NHED Mesabi Range Community and Technical College, Virginia new text end

new text begin Iron Range Engineering Program Facilities new text end

new text begin 3,000,000 new text end

new text begin To predesign, design, construct, furnish,
and equip an addition to and renovation
of existing space for laboratories, flexible
classrooms, and office space for the
engineering program on the Virginia campus.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 10. new text end new text begin North Hennepin Community College new text end

new text begin Bioscience and Health Careers Center Addition new text end

new text begin 600,000 new text end

new text begin To complete design of a new building
for Bioscience and Health Careers Center
laboratory and classroom space.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 11. new text end new text begin Ridgewater Community Technical College, Willmar new text end

new text begin Technical Instruction Renovation new text end

new text begin 14,300,000 new text end

new text begin To design, renovate, furnish, and equip
classroom and existing instructional lab space
and construct an addition for circulation; and
to demolish obsolete space.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 12. new text end new text begin Rochester Community Technical College new text end

new text begin Workforce Center Colocation new text end

new text begin 8,500,000 new text end

new text begin To complete the design and to construct,
furnish, and equip an addition to the
Heintz Center at Rochester Community
and Technical College and to renovate the
heating, ventilating, and air conditioning
systems. The addition will house the
Rochester Area Work Force Center. The
board of trustees must consult with the
commissioner of employment and economic
development on the design of the renovations
and addition. The board must enter into a
lease agreement with the commissioner of
employment and economic development
for use of the work force center. The lease
agreement must provide that lease payments
made by the commissioner will pay for the
college's reasonable costs in support of the
work force center.
new text end

new text begin This appropriation is in addition to the
appropriation in Laws 2008, chapter 179,
section 3, subdivision 23.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 13. new text end new text begin South Central College, Faribault new text end

new text begin 13,360,000 new text end

new text begin Classroom Renovation and Addition new text end

new text begin To complete design and to construct, furnish,
and equip an addition, and to renovate space
for classrooms, a learning resource center,
related spaces, and laboratories.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 14. new text end new text begin Southwest Minnesota State University new text end

new text begin Science Lab Renovation new text end

new text begin 200,000 new text end

new text begin To complete design of the Science and Math
Building renovation.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 15. new text end new text begin St. Cloud State University new text end

new text begin Integrated Science and Engineering Laboratory Facility new text end

new text begin 42,334,000 new text end

new text begin To complete design and to construct,
furnish, and equip Integrated Science and
Engineering Laboratory Facility.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 16. new text end new text begin Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Initiatives new text end

new text begin 4,835,000 new text end

new text begin To design, renovate, furnish, and equip
science laboratories and classrooms at
the following campuses: Bemidji State
University; Century College; Minnesota
State Community and Technical College,
Moorhead; Minnesota State University,
Moorhead; Northeast Higher Education
District, Hibbing College, Itasca Community
College, and Mesabi Range Eveleth;
Northwest Technical College; South Central
College, North Mankato.
new text end

new text begin Campuses may use internal and nonstate
money to increase the size of the projects.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 17. new text end new text begin Debt Service new text end

new text begin (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), the
board shall pay the debt service on one-third
of the principal amount of state bonds sold to
finance projects authorized by this section.
After each sale of general obligation bonds,
the commissioner of management and budget
shall notify the board of the amounts assessed
for each year for the life of the bonds.
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new text begin (b) The board need not pay debt service
on bonds sold to finance higher education
asset preservation and replacement. Where a
nonstate match is required, the debt service is
due on a principal amount equal to one-third
of the total project cost, less the match
committed before the bonds are sold. For
the workforce center colocation project
at Rochester Community and Technical
College, the board shall pay the debt service
on $1,079,000 of the principal amount of
state bonds sold to finance the project. The
commissioner of employment and economic
development shall pay the debt service on
$5,262,000 of the principal amount of state
bonds sold to finance the project, in the
manner provided in Minnesota Statutes,
section 16A.643.
new text end

new text begin (c) The commissioner of management and
budget shall reduce the board's assessment
each year by one-third of the net income
from investment of general obligation bond
proceeds in proportion to the amount of
principal and interest otherwise required to
be paid by the board. The board shall pay its
resulting net assessment to the commissioner
of management and budget by December
1 each year. If the board fails to make
a payment when due, the commissioner
of management and budget shall reduce
allotments for appropriations from the
general fund otherwise available to the board
and apply the amount of the reduction to
cover the missed debt service payment. The
commissioner of management and budget
shall credit the payments received from the
board to the bond debt service account in
the state bond fund each December 1 before
money is transferred from the general fund
under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641,
subdivision 10.
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new text begin Subd. 18. new text end new text begin Unspent Appropriations new text end

new text begin (a) Upon substantial completion of a project
authorized in this section and after written
notice to the commissioner of management
and budget, the board must use any money
remaining in the appropriation for that project
for higher education asset preservation and
replacement (HEAPR) under Minnesota
Statutes, section 135A.046. The Board
of Trustees must report by February 1 of
each even-numbered year to the chairs of
the house of representatives and senate
committees with jurisdiction over capital
investment and higher education finance, and
to the chairs of the house of representatives
Ways and Means Committee and the senate
Finance Committee, on how the remaining
money has been allocated or spent.
new text end

new text begin (b) The unspent portion of an appropriation
for a project in this section that is complete is
available for HEAPR under this subdivision,
at the same campus as the project for which
the original appropriation was made and the
debt service requirement under subdivision
27 is reduced accordingly. Minnesota
Statutes, section 16A.642, applies from the
date of the original appropriation to the
unspent amount transferred.
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Sec. 3. new text begin EDUCATION new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 2,000,000 new text end

new text begin To the commissioner of education for library
accessibility and improvement grants under
Minnesota Statutes, section 134.45.
new text end

Sec. 4. new text begin BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 25,000,000 new text end

new text begin RIM Conservation Reserve new text end

new text begin (a) To the Board of Water and Soil Resources
to acquire conservation easements from
landowners to preserve, restore, create,
and enhance wetlands; restore and enhance
rivers and streams, riparian lands, and
associated uplands in order to protect soil
and water quality; support fish and wildlife
habitat; reduce flood damage; and provide
other public benefits. The provisions of
Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.515, apply
to this appropriation, except that the board
may establish alternative payment rates for
easements and practices to establish restored
native prairies, as defined in Minnesota
Statutes, section 84.02, subdivision 7, and
to protect uplands. Of this appropriation, up
to ten percent may be used to implement the
program.
new text end

new text begin The board may give priority to the area
designated for relief and recovery from the
flooding that occurred on or after August
18, 2007, in the area of southeast Minnesota
designated under Presidential Declaration of
Major Disaster DR-1717.
new text end

new text begin At least $2,000,000 of this amount is
available for use by the Cedar River and
Turtle Creek Watershed Districts in Freeborn,
Mower, Dodge, and Steele Counties to
restore wetlands and reduce flooding in the
Austin area.
new text end

new text begin Up to $8,000,000 of this amount is available
for use in Minnesota counties in the Red
River Basin to restore wetlands and reduce
flooding.
new text end

new text begin Up to $500,000 is for use in the Rum River
watershed.
new text end

new text begin Up to $2,000,000 is for use in Area II.
new text end

new text begin $7,500,000 is for use in the seven-county
metropolitan area.
new text end

new text begin Up to $400,000 is for a grant to the Freeborn
County Soil and Water Conservation District
for use in the Minnesota portion of the Bear
Lake watershed.
new text end

new text begin (b) The board is authorized to enter into
new agreements and amend past agreements
with landowners as required by Minnesota
Statutes, section 103F.515, subdivision
5, to allow for restoration, including
overseeding and harvesting of native prairie
vegetation for use for energy production in
a manner that does not devalue the natural
habitat, water quality benefits, or carbon
sequestration functions of the area enrolled
in the easement. This shall occur after seed
production and minimize impacts on wildlife.
Of this appropriation, up to five percent
may be used for restoration, including
overseeding. The board must submit to the
legislative committees with jurisdiction over
environment finance and capital investment
an interim report on this program by October
1, 2010, and a final report by February 1,
2011.
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Sec. 5. new text begin HUMAN SERVICES new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 2,000,000 new text end

new text begin Early Childhood Learning and Child Protection Facilities new text end

new text begin To the commissioner of human services for
grants under Minnesota Statutes, section
256E.37, to construct and rehabilitate early
childhood learning and child protection
facilities.
new text end

Sec. 6. new text begin MINNESOTA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 10,000,000 new text end

new text begin To the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency
for transfer to the housing development
fund to finance the costs to rehabilitate, or
to replace units lost in a fire, to preserve
public housing under Minnesota Statutes,
section 462A.202, subdivision 3a. For
purposes of this section, "public housing"
means housing for low-income persons
and households financed by the federal
government and owned and operated by
the public housing authorities and agencies
formed by cities and counties. Eligible
public housing authorities must have a public
housing assessment system rating of standard
or above. Priority must be given to proposals
that maximize federal or local resources
to finance the capital costs. The priority
in Minnesota Statutes, section 462A.202,
subdivision 3a, for projects to increase
the supply of affordable housing and the
restrictions of Minnesota Statutes, section
462A.202, subdivision 7, do not apply to this
appropriation.
new text end

Sec. 7. new text begin BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.
new text end

new text begin To provide the money appropriated in this act from the bond proceeds fund, the
commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an
amount up to $172,751,000 in the manner, upon 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.
new text end

Sec. 8. new text begin BOND SALE AUTHORIZATIONS REDUCED.
new text end

new text begin (a) The bond sale authorization in Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 26, subdivision
1, is reduced by $355,680,000.
new text end

new text begin (b) The bond sale authorization in Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 26, subdivision
2, is reduced by $5,780,000.
new text end

new text begin (c) The bond sale authorization in Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 26, subdivision
4, is reduced by $6,500,000.
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Sec. 9. new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.
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new text begin This act is effective the day following final enactment.
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