Minnesota Legislature
HF 4078
1st Engrossment - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to capital improvements; authorizing spending
1.3 to acquire and to better public land and buildings and
1.4 other public improvements of a capital nature with
1.5 certain conditions and directions; establishing the
1.6 Red River State Recreation Area; authorizing the sale
1.7 of state bonds; appropriating money; amending
1.8 Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 136F.36,
1.9 subdivisions 1, 3, and by adding a subdivision;
1.10 136F.60, by adding a subdivision; and 136F.64,
1.11 subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement,
1.12 sections 119A.45; and 124D.88, subdivision 3; Laws
1.13 1998, chapter 404, sections 3, subdivision 24; 5,
1.14 subdivision 11, as amended; 7, subdivision 23, as
1.15 amended; and 23, subdivision 13; proposing coding for
1.16 new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 240A.
1.17 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.18 Section 1. [CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS.]
1.19 The sums in the column under "APPROPRIATIONS" are
1.20 appropriated from the bond proceeds fund, or other named fund,
1.21 to the state agencies, other entities, or officials indicated,
1.22 to be spent for public purposes including to acquire and to
1.23 better public land and buildings and other public improvements
1.24 of a capital nature, as specified in this act. Unless otherwise
1.25 specified, the appropriations in this act are available until
1.26 the project is completed or abandoned.
1.27 SUMMARY
1.28 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA $ 66,663,000
1.29 MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES 103,224,000
1.30 CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION 296,000
1.31 CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND LEARNING 51,523,000
2.1 FARIBAULT RESIDENTIAL ACADEMIES 4,066,000
2.2 NATURAL RESOURCES 37,300,000
2.3 OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANCE 3,000,000
2.4 BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES 22,400,000
2.5 AGRICULTURE 20,000,000
2.6 ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS 1,100,000
2.7 ADMINISTRATION 48,535,000
2.8 AMATEUR SPORTS COMMISSION 4,000,000
2.9 MILITARY AFFAIRS 2,895,000
2.10 TRANSPORTATION 69,674,000
2.11 HUMAN SERVICES 14,871,000
2.12 HEALTH 135,000
2.13 VETERANS HOMES BOARD 12,834,000
2.14 CORRECTIONS 16,710,000
2.15 PUBLIC SAFETY 844,000
2.16 TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 41,179,000
2.17 HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY 1,000,000
2.18 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY 3,300,000
2.19 BOND SALE EXPENSES 425,000
2.20 CANCELLATIONS (31,863,000)
2.21 TOTAL $ 494,111,000
2.22 Bond Proceeds Fund
2.23 (General Fund Debt Service) 358,200,000
2.24 Bond Proceeds Fund
2.25 (User Financed Debt Service) 65,879,000
2.26 Transportation Fund 49,000,000
2.27 General Fund 2,072,000
2.28 Trunk Highway Fund 18,960,000
2.29 APPROPRIATIONS
2.30 $
2.31 Sec. 2. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
2.32 Subdivision 1. To the board of 66,663,000
2.33 regents of the University of Minnesota
2.34 for the purposes specified in this section.
2.35 Subd. 2. (HEAPR) Higher Education Asset 9,000,000
2.36 Preservation and Replacement
2.37 For the purposes specified in Minnesota
2.38 Statutes, section 135A.046, including
2.39 fire and life and safety improvements,
2.40 ADA access improvements, hazardous
3.1 material abatement, and environmental
3.2 improvements and infrastructure
3.3 replacement.
3.4 Subd. 3. Molecular and Cellular Biology 35,000,000
3.5 Building, Minneapolis Campus
3.6 To complete construction, furnish, and
3.7 equip the molecular and cellular
3.8 biology building at the Minneapolis
3.9 campus.
3.10 Subd. 4. Art Building, Minneapolis Campus 2,000,000
3.11 To complete design for a new art
3.12 building on the Minneapolis West Bank
3.13 campus.
3.14 Subd. 5. Biocontainment Facility, 5,963,000
3.15 St. Paul Campus
3.16 For construction of a biocontainment
3.17 facility in partnership with the
3.18 Minnesota department of agriculture.
3.19 Subd. 6. Kiehle Building Renovation and 6,500,000
3.20 Addition, Crookston
3.21 To complete construction drawings and
3.22 renovate, furnish, and equip the
3.23 renovation of and additions to the
3.24 Kiehle building at the Crookston campus
3.25 for a meeting center and a technology
3.26 center.
3.27 Subd. 7. Science and Math Building 8,200,000
3.28 Renovation Phase 2, Morris
3.29 For phase 2 of the science building
3.30 project to renovate, furnish, and equip
3.31 the existing science building at the
3.32 Morris campus, including obsolete labs
3.33 and classrooms into instructional
3.34 research space. The board may use the
3.35 design build process on this project.
3.36 Subd. 8. Transfer to HEAPR
3.37 The unspent portion of an appropriation
3.38 for a project in this section that is
3.39 complete is available for HEAPR under
3.40 subdivision 2, at the same campus as
3.41 the project for which the original
3.42 appropriation was made and the debt
3.43 service requirement under subdivision 9
3.44 is reduced accordingly. Minnesota
3.45 Statutes, section 16A.642 applies from
3.46 the date of the original appropriation
3.47 to the unspent amount transferred.
3.48 Subd. 9. Debt Service Responsibilities
3.49 The board of regents shall pay
3.50 one-third of the debt service on state
3.51 bonds sold to finance appropriations in
3.52 this section except those in
3.53 subdivision 2. After each sale of
3.54 general obligation bonds, the
3.55 commissioner of finance shall notify
3.56 the board of regents of the amounts for
3.57 which it is assessed each year for the
4.1 life of the bonds.
4.2 The commissioner shall reduce the
4.3 board's assessment each year by
4.4 one-third of the net income from
4.5 investment of general obligation bond
4.6 proceeds in proportion to the amount of
4.7 principal and interest otherwise
4.8 required to be paid by the board. The
4.9 board shall pay its resulting net
4.10 assessment to the commissioner of
4.11 finance by December 1 each year. If
4.12 the board fails to make a payment when
4.13 due, the commissioner of finance shall
4.14 reduce allotments for appropriations
4.15 from the general fund otherwise
4.16 available to the board and apply the
4.17 amount of the reduction to cover the
4.18 missed debt service payment. The
4.19 commissioner of finance shall credit
4.20 the payments received from the board to
4.21 the bond debt service account in the
4.22 state bond fund each December 1 before
4.23 money is transferred from the general
4.24 fund under Minnesota Statutes, section
4.25 16A.641, subdivision 10.
4.26 Sec. 3. (MNSCU) MINNESOTA STATE
4.27 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
4.28 Subdivision 1. To the board of trustees 103,224,000
4.29 of the Minnesota state colleges and universities
4.30 for the purposes specified in this section.
4.31 Subd. 2. (HEAPR) Higher Education 30,000,000
4.32 Asset Preservation and Replacement
4.33 For the purposes specified in Minnesota
4.34 Statutes, section 135A.046, including
4.35 safety and statutory compliance,
4.36 envelope integrity, mechanical systems,
4.37 and space restoration. The following
4.38 projects must be funded out of this
4.39 appropriation: replacement or
4.40 renovation of the boilers at Winona
4.41 State University; $1,090,000 for the
4.42 demolition of old homes on property
4.43 owned by Moorhead State University and
4.44 conversion of this property into
4.45 parking; $3,000,000 for Minnesota State
4.46 University, Mankato, to correct
4.47 deferred maintenance of athletic
4.48 facilities; and the completion of the
4.49 HVAC project at the Hutchinson campus
4.50 of Ridgewater College.
4.51 Subd. 3. Normandale Community College 11,400,000
4.52 To design, construct, and equip an
4.53 addition to the science building and to
4.54 remodel and provide new equipment for
4.55 the existing science facilities.
4.56 Subd. 4. North Hennepin Community College 11,161,000
4.57 For design and remodeling of the old
4.58 science building into a general
4.59 education building and for building
4.60 additions.
4.61 Subd. 5. St. Cloud State Technical College 7,992,000
5.1 To design, remodel, and equip the A and
5.2 B wings of the existing building and
5.3 for building additions.
5.4 Subd. 6. Anoka-Hennepin Technical College 12,500,000
5.5 For roof repairs and replacements;
5.6 heat, ventilation, and air conditioning
5.7 improvements; necessary repairs and
5.8 remodeling; and demolition; all to
5.9 existing facilities. Any roof
5.10 replacement must be for an industry
5.11 standard roof.
5.12 Subd. 7. Alexandria Technical College 500,000
5.13 To design a new classroom and office
5.14 building to replace residential
5.15 buildings used as temporary classrooms
5.16 and storage.
5.17 Subd. 8. Bemidji State 4,500,000
5.18 University/Northwest Technical College
5.19 (a) For design and construction of a
5.20 technology laboratory building, and
5.21 purchase of furniture, equipment, and
5.22 fixtures.
5.23 (b) The remaining money from the
5.24 appropriation in Laws 1998, chapter
5.25 404, section 3, subdivision 5, may be
5.26 used for this purpose.
5.27 (c) The board of trustees must not
5.28 convey the technical college to the
5.29 school district.
5.30 Subd. 9. Systemwide Small Projects 100,000
To design, construct, and equip storage
5.32 garages at various campuses at Fergus
5.33 Falls, Granite Falls, Jackson, and
5.34 Worthington and add a loading dock at
5.35 Pipestone.
5.36 Subd. 10. Systemwide Land Acquisition 1,000,000
5.37 The board must establish a fund with
5.38 this appropriation to give institutions
5.39 the opportunity to purchase land
5.40 adjacent to or near their campuses. Up
5.41 to $300,000 is for Metropolitan State
5.42 University to acquire the building at
5.43 the northwest corner of 7th and Maria
5.44 in St. Paul.
5.45 Subd. 11. St. Cloud State University 4,714,000
5.46 Of this amount, $300,000 is for
5.47 renovation and design of Riverview
5.48 Hall, $550,000 is for renovation and
5.49 design of Eastman Hall, and $3,864,000
5.50 is to remodel for administrative and
5.51 instructional space the lower floors of
5.52 Lawrence Hall; all at St. Cloud State
5.53 University.
5.54 Subd. 12. Northland Community and 3,500,000
5.55 Technical College
6.1 For general asset preservation of a
6.2 capital nature including renovation of
6.3 the science center, and construction of
6.4 a corridor and learning center computer
6.5 lab.
6.6 Subd. 13. Minnesota State University, 6,907,000
6.7 Mankato
6.8 For phase 2 of the student athletic
6.9 facility renovation project, including:
6.10 (1) design, build, and equip an
6.11 addition to Highland Center; and
6.12 (2) design, renovate, and equip indoor
6.13 student athletic facilities in the
6.14 Pennington Building, Highland Center,
6.15 and Highland North.
6.16 Subd. 14. Winona State University 2,000,000
6.17 To design, through construction bid
6.18 documents, a new science building.
6.19 Subd. 15. Southwest State University 800,000
6.20 To design the renovation of the
6.21 Southwest State University library at
6.22 Marshall. The plan must include
6.23 realignment of library functions to
6.24 improve access and improvements to the
6.25 infrastructure.
6.26 Subd. 16. Rochester Community and 6,150,000
6.27 Technical College
6.28 For projects specified in this
6.29 subdivision:
6.30 (1) complete construction of an
6.31 internal campus road system;
6.32 (2) design and construct replacement
6.33 athletic fields displaced by road
6.34 improvements;
6.35 (3) predesign, design, and partially
6.36 construct a quadrangle between the main
6.37 building and the sports center,
6.38 including underground utilities,
6.39 landscaping, and reconfigured entrance;
6.40 and
6.41 (4) $4,500,000 of this appropriation is
6.42 for design and construction of a
6.43 greenhouse, and to renovate associated
6.44 instructional, office, and maintenance
6.45 space.
6.46 Subd. 17. Transfer to HEAPR
6.47 The unspent portion of an appropriation
6.48 for a project in this section that is
6.49 complete is available for HEAPR under
6.50 subdivision 2 at the same campus as the
6.51 project for which the original
6.52 appropriation was made and the debt
6.53 service requirement under subdivision
6.54 18 is reduced accordingly. Minnesota
6.55 Statutes, section 16A.642, applies from
7.1 the date of the original appropriation
7.2 to the unspent amount.
7.3 Subd. 18. Debt Service
7.4 (a) The board shall pay one-third of
7.5 the debt service on state bonds sold to
7.6 finance projects authorized by this
7.7 section, except for subdivision 2.
7.8 After each sale of general obligation
7.9 bonds, the commissioner of finance
7.10 shall notify the board of the amounts
7.11 assessed for each year for the life of
7.12 the bonds. Private funds contributed
7.13 toward a project authorized in this
7.14 section may be used, in the discretion
7.15 of the board, as qualified
7.16 contributions to the debt service
7.17 obligation for that specific project.
7.18 (b) The commissioner shall reduce the
7.19 board's assessment each year by
7.20 one-third of the net income from
7.21 investment of general obligation bond
7.22 proceeds in proportion to the amount of
7.23 principal and interest otherwise
7.24 required to be paid by the board. The
7.25 board shall pay its resulting net
7.26 assessment to the commissioner of
7.27 finance by December 1 each year. If
7.28 the board fails to make a payment when
7.29 due, the commissioner of finance shall
7.30 reduce allotments for appropriations
7.31 from the general fund otherwise
7.32 available to the board and apply the
7.33 amount of the reduction to cover the
7.34 missed debt service payment. The
7.35 commissioner of finance shall credit
7.36 the payments received from the board to
7.37 the bond debt service account in the
7.38 state bond fund each December 1 before
7.39 money is transferred from the general
7.40 fund under Minnesota Statutes, section
7.41 16A.641, subdivision 10.
7.42 Subd. 19. Ridgewater Community and
7.43 Technical College at Willmar
7.44 Ridgewater community and technical
7.45 college may build an addition to
7.46 kennels for veterinary technology at
7.47 Willmar campus with existing college
7.48 funds.
7.49 Subd. 20. Moorhead State University
7.50 Campus Security Building
7.51 The board of trustees of the Minnesota
7.52 state colleges and universities may
7.53 construct a campus building at Moorhead
7.54 State University. The board may accept
7.55 nonstate money to support construction
7.56 of the building. The board may enter
7.57 into an agreement with the city of
7.58 Moorhead whereby the city provides
7.59 money for the construction of the
7.60 building in exchange for the lease of
7.61 space in the building for use by the
7.62 city police department.
7.63 Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes,
7.64 section 16B.24, or any other law to the
8.1 contrary, the board may lease space in
8.2 the building to the city for up to 25
8.3 years without obtaining state executive
8.4 council approval.
8.5 Subd. 21. Minnesota West Community and
8.6 Technical College at Worthington
8.7 Minnesota west community and technical
8.8 college may enter into a lease
8.9 agreement with the YMCA, subject to
8.10 Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695,
8.11 for the lease of land on the
8.12 Worthington campus. Siting and design
8.13 of the facility must be consistent with
8.14 the college's master plan and Minnesota
8.15 state colleges and universities
8.16 building standards. Minnesota west
8.17 community and technical college may
8.18 negotiate for use of the facility for
8.19 college purposes. The lease may also
8.20 include the city of Worthington.
8.21 Sec. 4. PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS 296,000
8.22 EDUCATION
8.23 To the commissioner of administration
8.24 for Delta dormitory upgrades. Of this
8.25 amount $214,000 is for design and
8.26 construction of electrical and
8.27 mechanical system improvement and
8.28 $82,000 is from the general fund for
8.29 furniture and window treatments.
8.30 Sec. 5. CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND LEARNING
8.31 Subdivision 1. To the commissioner of 51,523,000
8.32 children, families, and learning for the
8.33 purposes specified in this section.
8.34 Subd. 2. East Metro Integration Magnet 15,936,000
8.35 $15,936,000 is for a metropolitan
8.36 magnet school grant to district No.
8.37 6067, Tri-District, to design,
8.38 construct, furnish, and equip a new
8.39 school building.
8.40 Subd. 3. Academy for the Blind, 600,000
8.41 Library Shelving
8.42 To install permanent compact shelving
8.43 in the basement area of the library of
8.44 the Minnesota State Academy for the
8.45 Blind at Faribault.
8.46 This appropriation is from the general
8.47 fund.
8.48 Subd. 4. Early Childhood Learning 500,000
8.49 Facilities
8.50 For grants to construct or rehabilitate
8.51 facilities for programs under Minnesota
8.52 Statutes, section 119A.45, as amended
8.53 in this act.
8.54 Subd. 5. Monolithic Dome, Grand Meadow 1,500,000
8.55 For an alternative facilities design
8.56 grant to independent school district
9.1 No. 495, Grand Meadow, to construct a
9.2 new school using monolithic dome
9.3 construction techniques. The
9.4 commissioner shall award the grant to
9.5 demonstrate that a school constructed
9.6 using monolithic dome construction
9.7 techniques can provide operating and
9.8 construction savings for school
9.9 districts throughout the state. Grand
9.10 Meadow school district must agree to
9.11 provide the state with information and
9.12 data about this construction method and
9.13 with an analysis of a monolithic dome
9.14 as a suitable educational environment.
9.15 The school district's debt service
9.16 equalization aid must be calculated
9.17 under Minnesota Statutes 1999
9.18 Supplement, section 123B.53.
9.19 Subd. 6. Maximum Effort Capital 32,987,000
9.20 Loans
9.21 (a) Of this amount:
9.22 (1) $13,982,000 is to make a capital
9.23 loan to independent school district No.
9.24 299, Caledonia, to build a new
9.25 middle/high school and to remodel the
9.26 current secondary school to serve as an
9.27 elementary school;
9.28 (2) $7,200,000 is to make a capital
9.29 loan to independent school district No.
9.30 306, LaPorte;
9.31 (3) $4,300,000 is to make a capital
9.32 loan to independent school district No.
9.33 38, Red Lake, for renovation of the
9.34 middle school and Ponemah elementary
9.35 school, but none of the proceeds of the
9.36 loan are for an early childhood
9.37 facility; and
9.38 (4) $7,505,000 is to make a capital
9.39 loan to independent school district No.
9.40 115, Cass Lake, for a new middle school
9.41 for grades 5 to 8.
9.42 (b) Capital loans in the amounts in
9.43 paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (4), are
9.44 approved for the recipient school
9.45 districts.
9.46 (c) This appropriation is from the
9.47 maximum effort school loan fund.
9.48 (d) The commissioner must study how the
9.49 maximum effort loan program should be
9.50 restructured to allow more school
9.51 districts to qualify for capital
9.52 financing under the current school
9.53 facility aid program without needing to
9.54 turn to the maximum effort loan
9.55 program. The commissioner must report
9.56 to the capital investment and K-12
9.57 education finance committees of the
9.58 house and the education finance
9.59 committee and the K-12 education budget
9.60 division of the senate. The department
9.61 must not accept any applications for
10.1 the maximum effort loan program until
10.2 after the end of the 2001 legislative
10.3 session.
10.4 Subd. 7. Study; Capital Improvement Needs and
10.5 Funding Sources for Public Libraries
10.6 The commissioner must conduct a study
10.7 of capital improvement needs and
10.8 funding sources of public libraries, as
10.9 defined in Minnesota Statutes, section
10.10 134.001. The study must take into
10.11 account ADA compliance and asset
10.12 preservation as well as other capital
10.13 improvement needs. The study must
10.14 include in particular, but is not to be
10.15 limited to, the Pelican Rapids Public
10.16 Library, the Minneapolis Public
10.17 Library, and the Watonwan county/St.
10.18 James Public Library.
10.19 The commissioner shall report by
10.20 February 1, 2001, on the results of the
10.21 study to the capital investment and
10.22 K-12 education finance committees of
10.23 the house and the education finance
10.24 committee and the K-12 education budget
10.25 division of the senate.
10.26 Sec. 6. RESIDENTIAL ACADEMIES AT FARIBAULT
10.27 Subdivision 1. To the commissioner 4,066,000
10.28 of administration for the purposes
10.29 specified in this section.
10.30 Subd. 2. Asset Preservation 2,000,000
10.31 For asset preservation of capital
10.32 improvements on both campuses of the
10.33 Minnesota State Academies including,
10.34 but not limited to, general asset
10.35 preservation, electrical infrastructure
10.36 upgrades, and sewer and water
10.37 improvements.
10.38 Subd. 3. West Wing, Noyes Hall, 2,066,000
10.39 Phase 1
10.40 For mold abatement and renovation of
10.41 the west wing of Noyes Hall, including
10.42 improvements to the mechanical system,
10.43 to eliminate air quality problems.
10.44 Sec. 7. NATURAL RESOURCES
10.45 Subdivision 1. To the 37,300,000
10.46 commissioner of natural resources
10.47 for the purposes specified
10.48 in this section.
10.49 Subd. 2. Statewide Asset Preservation 2,000,000
10.50 For repair and renovation of the
10.51 department of natural resources land,
10.52 buildings, or other improvements of a
10.53 capital nature throughout the state.
10.54 The commissioner shall determine
10.55 project priorities as appropriate based
10.56 upon need.
10.57 Subd. 3. Office Facilities Development 750,000
11.1 To buy a building in Pelican Rapids for
11.2 field office use.
11.3 Subd. 4. ADA Compliance 2,000,000
11.4 For capital improvements to provide for
11.5 improved and equal accessibility in
11.6 accord with the Americans with
11.7 Disabilities Act (ADA), to department
11.8 of natural resources facilities and
11.9 programs.
11.10 Subd. 5. State Park and Recreation 1,900,000
11.11 Area Building Rehabilitation
11.12 To rehabilitate the park system's
11.13 highest priority buildings according to
11.14 the management plan required in
11.15 Minnesota Statutes, chapter 86A.
11.16 Subd. 6. Dam Repair, Reconstruction, 1,200,000
11.17 Removal
11.18 To remove the dams at Mazeppa, Cannon
11.19 Falls, Straight River (Faribault), and
11.20 Old Mill Park; for engineering work for
11.21 the removal of the Drayton dam; to
11.22 repair the dams at Lake Bronson, Willow
11.23 River, and New London; and for
11.24 emergency dam repairs that may arise.
11.25 Subd. 7. State Park and Recreation 1,500,000
11.26 Area Betterment Rehabilitation
11.27 To upgrade, repair, or rehabilitate
11.28 improvements of a capital nature at
11.29 state park and recreation area
11.30 facilities throughout the state,
11.31 including, but not limited to, resource
11.32 management projects, trail
11.33 rehabilitation, campground
11.34 rehabilitation, and road and bridge
11.35 repair. This appropriation is to
11.36 rehabilitate the swimming pool at
11.37 Buffalo River State Park and for other
11.38 project priorities as appropriate based
11.39 upon need as determined by the
11.40 commissioner.
11.41 Subd. 8. Flood Hazard Mitigation Grants 10,600,000
11.42 For the flood hazard mitigation grant
11.43 program to local government units for
11.44 publicly owned capital improvements to
11.45 prevent or alleviate flood damages
11.46 under Minnesota Statutes, section
11.47 103F.161. The commissioner shall
11.48 determine project priorities as
11.49 appropriate based upon need. Projects
11.50 eligible for this funding include, but
11.51 are not limited to those in Warren,
11.52 Breckenridge, Saint Anthony, Granite
11.53 Falls, Lake Saint Croix Beach, Inver
11.54 Grove Heights, Columbia Heights,
11.55 Virginia-Mt. Iron, Roseau, Helgeland,
11.56 and Chokio.
11.57 Subd. 9. Forest Road and Bridge 1,300,000
11.58 Projects and Forestry Recreation Facilities
11.59 For reconstruction, resurfacing,
12.1 replacement, or construction of other
12.2 improvements of a capital nature to
12.3 state forest roads and bridges
12.4 throughout the state. The commissioner
12.5 shall determine project priorities as
12.6 based upon need.
12.7 For improvements of a capital nature to
12.8 rehabilitate, improve, or develop
12.9 forestry recreation facilities
12.10 throughout the state. The commissioner
12.11 shall determine project priorities as
12.12 appropriate based upon need.
12.13 Subd. 10. Fisheries Acquisition 200,000
12.14 To acquire and develop aquatic
12.15 management areas (AMA) for fisheries
12.16 management purposes. The commissioner
12.17 shall determine project priorities as
12.18 appropriate based upon need.
12.19 Subd. 11. RIM Fisheries Improvement 200,000
12.20 For fisheries habitat improvement
12.21 projects of a capital nature as
12.22 identified by the Nemadji Watershed
12.23 workgroup.
12.24 Subd. 12. Stream Protection and 500,000
12.25 Restoration
12.26 For river restoration on the Otter Tail
12.27 River at Frazee, the Pomme de Terre
12.28 River at Appleton and for four lowhead
12.29 dams along the Red River for fish
12.30 passage.
12.31 Subd. 13. Critical Habitat Match 1,000,000
12.32 For the critical habitat private sector
12.33 matching account under Minnesota
12.34 Statutes, section 84.943.
12.35 Subd. 14. Metro Greenways and Natural 500,000
12.36 Areas
12.37 To provide grants to local units of
12.38 government for acquisition or
12.39 betterment of greenways and natural
12.40 areas in the metro region and to
12.41 acquire greenways and natural areas in
12.42 the metro region through the purchase
12.43 of conservation easements or fee
12.44 titles. The commissioner shall
12.45 determine the project priorities and
12.46 shall consult with representatives of
12.47 local units of government, nonprofit
12.48 organizations, and other interested
12.49 parties.
12.50 Subd. 15. RIM Wildlife Development/Habitat 2,000,000
12.51 Improvements
12.52 For improvements of a capital nature to
12.53 develop, protect, or improve habitat on
12.54 wildlife management areas and other
12.55 state lands throughout the state. The
12.56 commissioner shall determine project
12.57 priorities as appropriate based upon
12.58 need.
13.1 Subd. 16. State Park and 700,000
13.2 Recreation Area Acquisition
13.3 For acquisition from willing sellers of
13.4 private lands within state park and
13.5 recreation area boundaries established
13.6 by law. The commissioner shall
13.7 determine project priorities as
13.8 appropriate based upon need. $200,000
13.9 of this appropriation is for site
13.10 preparation costs at the Red River
13.11 State Recreation Area.
13.12 Subd. 17. Trail Acquisition and 2,200,000
13.13 Development
13.14 To complete development of the Paul
13.15 Bunyan Trail from Hackensack to Walker.
13.16 $800,000 is to Freeborn county to build
13.17 a bridge over the Albert Lea Lake on
13.18 the Blazing Star State Trail.
13.19 Subd. 18. Regional Parks: 1,000,000
13.20 Greater Minnesota
13.21 For grants to public regional parks
13.22 organizations located outside the
13.23 metropolitan area as defined in
13.24 Minnesota Statutes, section 473.121,
13.25 subdivision 2, that are established or
13.26 recognized in statute to acquire land,
13.27 design, and construct and redevelop
13.28 regional parks and trails, open space,
13.29 and recreational facilities. The
13.30 improvements must be of a capital
13.31 nature. Each $3 of state grants must
13.32 be matched by $2 of nonstate funds.
13.33 Subd. 19. Metropolitan Regional Park 5,000,000
13.34 Rehabilitation, Acquisition, and
13.35 Development
13.36 This appropriation is for payment by
13.37 the commissioner of natural resources
13.38 to the metropolitan council. The
13.39 commissioner shall pay the amount on a
13.40 reimbursement basis to the metropolitan
13.41 council upon receipt of a certified
13.42 copy of a council resolution requesting
13.43 payment. The appropriation must be
13.44 used to pay the cost of rehabilitation,
13.45 acquisition, and development by the
13.46 council and local government units of
13.47 regional recreational open-space lands
13.48 in accordance with the council's policy
13.49 plan as provided in Minnesota Statutes,
13.50 section 473.315.
13.51 Subd. 20. State Trail Connections 950,000
13.52 (a) For matching grants to be provided
13.53 to local units of government for
13.54 acquisition and betterment of a capital
13.55 nature of public land and improvements
13.56 needed for trails that connect
13.57 communities, trails, and parks.
13.58 Recipients must provide a match of at
13.59 least one-half of total eligible
13.60 project costs. The commissioner shall
13.61 make payment to local units of
13.62 government upon receiving documentation
14.1 of reimbursable expenditures. Of this
14.2 amount, $250,000 is to the city of
14.3 Fairfax to connect the Fair Ridge trail
14.4 from Fort Ridgely state park to the
14.5 city of Fairfax; and $50,000 is to Rock
14.6 county to connect the Blue Mounds state
14.7 park to the city of Luverne.
14.8 (b) Of the amount in this subdivision,
14.9 $350,000 is for a grant to the Cannon
14.10 River Link Trail joint powers board.
14.11 The money is to be used for the
14.12 acquisition, associated capital
14.13 planning, and administrative costs and
14.14 betterment of the Mill Towns Trail
14.15 through and between the cities of
14.16 Northfield and Faribault. The Cannon
14.17 River Link Trail board may use
14.18 available federal funding and funding
14.19 or in-kind services from individuals,
14.20 organizations, and local units of
14.21 government for the required match to
14.22 the grant.
14.23 (c) The balance is for project
14.24 priorities as appropriate based upon
14.25 need, as determined by the commissioner.
14.26 Subd. 21. Moose Lake Geologic 1,300,000
14.27 Interpretive Center
14.28 To construct a state geologic
14.29 interpretive center that features
14.30 geological artifacts indigenous to
14.31 Minnesota at Moose Lake state park.
14.32 The money is to be used for the
14.33 interpretive center building and
14.34 exhibits, and necessary road, parking,
14.35 and sewer work.
14.36 Subd. 22. Lake Minnetonka Public Access 500,000
14.37 Acquisition
14.38 For a public access site on the
14.39 southwest side of Gray's Bay on Lake
14.40 Minnetonka.
14.41 Subd. 23. Reimbursement for Flood
14.42 Hazard Mitigation Study
14.43 The commissioner of natural resources
14.44 may reimburse a local unit of
14.45 government for the flood hazard
14.46 mitigation study costs associated with
14.47 projects receiving appropriations from
14.48 Laws 1999, chapter 240, article 1,
14.49 section 4, subdivision 3.
14.50 Subd. 24. Transfer to Asset Preservation
14.51 The unspent portion of an appropriation
14.52 for a project in this section that is
14.53 complete is available for asset
14.54 preservation under subdivision 2.
14.55 Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642,
14.56 applies from the date of the original
14.57 appropriation to the unspent amount
14.58 transferred.
14.59 Sec. 8. OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANCE 3,000,000
15.1 To the office of environmental
15.2 assistance for the solid waste capital
15.3 assistance grants program under
15.4 Minnesota Statutes, section 115A.54.
15.5 Grants under this section are exempt
15.6 from the requirements of Minnesota
15.7 Statutes, section 16B.335.
15.8 Sec. 9. (BOWSR) BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL
15.9 RESOURCES
15.10 Subdivision 1. To the board 22,400,000
15.11 of water and soil resources (BOWSR) for the
15.12 purposes specified in this section.
15.13 Subd. 2. (CREP) Conservation Reserve 20,000,000
15.14 Enhancement Program
15.15 To acquire conservation easements on
15.16 private land as part of the
15.17 Conservation Reserve Enhancement
15.18 Program (CREP) agreement between the
15.19 state and the United States Department
15.20 of Agriculture. None of this
15.21 appropriation may be used for salaries
15.22 to acquire the easements.
15.23 BOWSR must conduct a study, with the
15.24 results reported by January 1, 2001, to
15.25 the capital investment and environment
15.26 and natural resources finance
15.27 committees of the house of
15.28 representatives and the state
15.29 government finance committee and the
15.30 environment and agriculture budget
15.31 division of the senate on whether BOWSR
15.32 will be able to match all of the
15.33 federal funds available if the
15.34 legislature appropriates an additional
15.35 $20,000,000 to this program in each of
15.36 years 2001 and 2002, and what
15.37 additional general funding, if any,
15.38 will be needed for staff during that
15.39 time for administration of the program
15.40 assuming the funding levels indicated
15.41 in this subdivision.
15.42 Subd. 3. Local Government Wetland 2,400,000
15.43 Replacement
15.44 To acquire land for wetlands or restore
15.45 wetlands to be used to replace wetlands
15.46 drained or filled as a result of the
15.47 repair, maintenance, or rehabilitation
15.48 of existing public roads, as provided
15.49 in Minnesota Statutes, section
15.50 103G.222, subdivision 1, paragraph (m).
15.51 Sec. 10. AGRICULTURE 20,000,000
15.52 To the Rural Finance Authority to
15.53 purchase participation interests in or
15.54 to make direct agricultural loans to
15.55 farmers under Minnesota Statutes,
15.56 chapter 41B. This appropriation is for
15.57 the beginning farmer program under
15.58 Minnesota Statutes, section 41B.039,
15.59 the loan restructuring program under
15.60 Minnesota Statutes, section 41B.04, the
15.61 seller-sponsored program under
15.62 Minnesota Statutes, section 41B.042,
16.1 the agricultural improvement loan
16.2 program under Minnesota Statutes,
16.3 section 41B.043, and the livestock
16.4 expansion loan program under Minnesota
16.5 Statutes, section 41B.045. All debt
16.6 service on bond proceeds used to
16.7 finance this appropriation must be
16.8 repaid by the rural finance authority
16.9 under Minnesota Statutes, section
16.10 16A.643. Loan participations must be
16.11 priced to provide full interest and
16.12 principal coverage and a reserve for
16.13 potential losses.
16.14 Loans for capital projects from this
16.15 appropriation are exempt from Minnesota
16.16 Statutes, section 16B.335. Priority
16.17 for loans must be given first to basic
16.18 beginning farmer loans; second, to
16.19 seller-sponsored loans; and third, to
16.20 agricultural improvement loans.
16.21 Sec. 11. MINNESOTA ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS 1,100,000
16.22 To the Minnesota zoological gardens for
16.23 capital repair and upgrading of the
16.24 facility's heating and cooling system.
16.25 Sec. 12. ADMINISTRATION
16.26 Subdivision 1. To the commissioner 48,535,000
16.27 of administration for the purposes
16.28 specified in this section.
16.29 Subd. 2. Electrical Utility 2,500,000
16.30 Infrastructure, Phase 4
16.31 To upgrade the primary electrical
16.32 distribution system in the capitol
16.33 complex.
16.34 Subd. 3. Capitol Security Renovation 1,000,000
16.35 To renovate space in the capitol for
16.36 the department of public safety's
16.37 capitol security division and the
16.38 related environmental management
16.39 operation of the department of
16.40 administration's plant management
16.41 division.
16.42 Subd. 4. Bureau of Criminal Apprehension 27,900,000
16.43 Notwithstanding any provision to the
16.44 contrary in Laws 1998, chapter 404,
16.45 section 13, subdivision 11, and Laws
16.46 1999, chapter 216, article 1, section
16.47 19, the balance of the appropriations
16.48 in those sections must be used for
16.49 final design and construction documents
16.50 for a new bureau of criminal
16.51 apprehension laboratory building and
16.52 for predesign for renovation of the
16.53 existing building for bureau of
16.54 criminal apprehension agents. The
16.55 commissioner of public safety must not
16.56 proceed with the design-build process
16.57 previously authorized.
16.58 The appropriation in this subdivision
16.59 is to finish the design and construct
17.1 the new laboratory building.
17.2 Subd. 5. Capital Asset Preservation 10,335,000
17.3 and Replacement (CAPRA)
17.4 To be spent in accordance with
17.5 Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.632.
17.6 Of this amount, $335,000 is from the
17.7 general fund.
17.8 Subd. 6. Minnesota Public TV Digital 6,650,000
17.9 Transmitter
17.10 (a) For loans to public television
17.11 stations, as defined in Minnesota
17.12 Statutes, section 129D.12, who must
17.13 convert from an analog to a digital
17.14 broadcast signal as mandated by the
17.15 federal government. The commissioner
17.16 shall award these loans after
17.17 considering the recommendations of the
17.18 Minnesota public television association.
17.19 (b) Of this amount, $2,250,000 is for a
17.20 loan to the Austin public school
17.21 district for the KSMQ public television
17.22 station. The loan must be repaid over
17.23 ten years in annual payments at an
17.24 interest rate equal to the interest
17.25 rate paid by the state for bonds issued
17.26 for this appropriation.
17.27 (c) Of this amount, $4,400,000 is from
17.28 the general fund for loans to the
17.29 following public television stations,
17.30 to be repaid over ten years in annual
17.31 payments at an interest rate equal to
17.32 the interest rate paid by the state for
17.33 bonds issued for the appropriation:
17.34 KAWB (Bemidji); KAWE (Brainerd); KFME
17.35 (Fargo-Moorhead); KFGE (Grand
17.36 Forks-East Grand Forks); KSMN
17.37 (Appleton); KWCM (Chandler); WDSE
17.38 (Duluth); and KTCA and KTCI (St.
17.39 Paul-Minneapolis). The commissioner
17.40 shall decide the amount of each loan
17.41 for each station.
17.42 Subd. 7. World War II Veterans Memorial 150,000
17.43 For design, architectural drawings, and
17.44 the start of construction for a World
17.45 War II veterans memorial on the state
17.46 capitol mall. The design is subject to
17.47 approval by the capitol area
17.48 architectural and planning board. The
17.49 commissioner of veterans affairs shall
17.50 convene an advisory group, including
17.51 members of veterans organizations to
17.52 review and make recommendations about
17.53 the design of the memorial. The
17.54 appropriation must be matched by an
17.55 equal amount from nonstate sources.
17.56 This appropriation is from the general
17.57 fund.
17.58 Subd. 8. Transfer to CAPRA
17.59 The unspent portion of an appropriation
17.60 for a project in this section that is
18.1 complete is available for CAPRA under
18.2 subdivision 5. Minnesota Statutes,
18.3 section 16A.642, applies from the date
18.4 of the original appropriation to the
18.5 unspent amount transferred.
18.6 Sec. 13. AMATEUR SPORTS COMMISSION 4,000,000
18.7 To the Minnesota amateur sports
18.8 commission to complete funding for
18.9 Mighty Ducks grants and for other
18.10 statewide amateur soccer facilities
18.11 grants, subject to Minnesota Statutes,
18.12 chapter 240A, as amended in this act.
18.13 $1,000,000 of this appropriation is
18.14 from the bond proceeds fund for the
18.15 Mighty Ducks program; the rest of this
18.16 appropriation is from the general fund.
18.17 Sec. 14. MILITARY AFFAIRS
18.18 Subdivision 1. To the adjutant 2,895,000
18.19 general for the purposes specified
18.20 in this section.
18.21 Subd. 2. Kitchen Renovation 1,265,000
18.22 To renovate kitchen facilities at
18.23 National Guard training and community
18.24 centers in Sauk Centre, Alexandria,
18.25 Morris, Ortonville, Fairmont, Mankato,
18.26 Madison, Wadena, Olivia, and Winona.
18.27 This appropriation is exempt from the
18.28 requirements of Minnesota Statutes,
18.29 section 16B.335.
18.30 Subd. 3. Asset Preservation 1,500,000
18.31 For asset preservation improvements of
18.32 a capital nature at military affairs
18.33 facilities statewide.
18.34 Subd. 4. Minnesota Military Museum 130,000
18.35 For capital renovation and expansion of
18.36 the Minnesota Museum at Camp Ripley.
18.37 Sec. 15. TRANSPORTATION
18.38 Subdivision 1. To the commissioner 69,674,000
18.39 of transportation for the purposes
18.40 specified in this section.
18.41 Subd. 2. Local Bridge Replacement 44,000,000
18.42 and Rehabilitation
18.43 This appropriation is from the state
18.44 transportation fund as provided in
18.45 Minnesota Statutes, section 174.50, to
18.46 match federal funds and to replace or
18.47 rehabilitate local deficient bridges.
18.48 Political subdivisions may use grants
18.49 made under this section to construct or
18.50 reconstruct bridges, including:
18.51 (1) matching federal-aid grants to
18.52 construct or reconstruct key bridges;
18.53 (2) paying the costs of preliminary
19.1 engineering and environmental studies
19.2 authorized under Minnesota Statutes,
19.3 section 174.50, subdivision 6a;
19.4 (3) paying the costs to abandon an
19.5 existing bridge that is deficient and
19.6 in need of replacement, but where no
19.7 replacement will be made; and
19.8 (4) paying the costs to construct a
19.9 road or street to facilitate the
19.10 abandonment of an existing bridge
19.11 determined by the commissioner to be
19.12 deficient, if the commissioner
19.13 determines that construction of the
19.14 road or street is more cost efficient
19.15 than the replacement of the existing
19.16 bridge.
19.17 Subd. 3. Rail Service Improvement Loans 5,000,000
19.18 (a) For the purposes specified in
19.19 Minnesota Statutes, sections 222.46 to
19.20 222.63.
19.21 (b) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes,
19.22 section 222.50, subdivision 5,
19.23 paragraph (c), for loans made from
19.24 proceeds of bonds authorized in this
19.25 act, the terms of repayment must
19.26 provide that repayment be at the same
19.27 rate of interest as on the bonds sold
19.28 to provide the money to make the loan;
19.29 any reimbursement received by the
19.30 department under Minnesota Statutes,
19.31 section 222.50, subdivision 5,
19.32 paragraph (c), shall be deposited in
19.33 the transportation fund; and the total
19.34 reimbursements received are to be
19.35 transferred to the commissioner of
19.36 finance for deposit in the bond fund by
19.37 December 1 of each year until paid in
19.38 full.
19.39 (c) Loans for capital projects from
19.40 this appropriation are exempt from
19.41 Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.335.
19.42 (d) This appropriation is from the
19.43 state transportation fund.
19.44 Subd. 4. Trunk Highway Facility Projects 20,674,000
19.45 (a) For the following trunk highway
19.46 facility projects:
19.47 (1) department of transportation
19.48 district headquarters building in St.
19.49 Cloud, $10,350,000;
19.50 (2) department of transportation
19.51 district headquarters building in
19.52 Detroit Lakes, $8,724,000; and
19.53 (3) Moorhead truck station, $1,600,000.
19.54 (b) This appropriation is from the
19.55 trunk highway fund.
19.56 Sec. 16. HUMAN SERVICES
20.1 Subdivision 1. To the commissioner 14,871,000
20.2 of administration for the purposes
20.3 in this section.
20.4 Subd. 2. Systemwide Roof Repairs and 1,971,000
20.5 Replacement
20.6 For capital repair and replacement of
20.7 roofs at department of human services
20.8 facilities statewide.
20.9 Subd. 3. Systemwide Asset Preservation 3,000,000
20.10 For asset preservation improvements of
20.11 a capital nature at state regional
20.12 treatment centers.
20.13 Subd. 4. Building Demolitions, 1,500,000
20.14 Cambridge
20.15 For asbestos abatement and demolition
20.16 of obsolete buildings on the campus of
20.17 the Cambridge regional treatment center.
20.18 Subd. 5. Upgrade Pexton Hall, St. Peter 7,200,000
20.19 To design, remodel, furnish, and equip
20.20 100 beds in the residential and program
20.21 areas in Pexton hall to securely house
20.22 individuals committed as sexual
20.23 psychopathic personalities and sexually
20.24 dangerous persons and construct a
20.25 connection to Shantz hall at the St.
20.26 Peter regional treatment center.
20.27 Subd. 6. METO Campus-Cambridge 1,200,000
20.28 To design and install new utility
20.29 equipment on the Minnesota Extended
20.30 Treatment Options (METO)
20.31 Campus-Cambridge, including new heating
20.32 equipment for buildings that will
20.33 remain in state control; also, an
20.34 upgrade.
20.35 Subd. 7. Transfer to Asset Preservation
20.36 The unspent portion of an appropriation
20.37 for a project in this section that is
20.38 complete is available for asset
20.39 preservation under subdivision 3.
20.40 Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642,
20.41 applies from the date of the original
20.42 appropriation to the unspent amount
20.43 transferred.
20.44 Sec. 17. HEALTH 135,000
20.45 To the commissioner of health for a
20.46 grant to a Minnesota organ procurement
20.47 organization that is certified by the
20.48 federal Health Care Financing
20.49 Administration or to an entity that is
20.50 a charitable entity under section
20.51 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
20.52 of 1986 and is created by an organ
20.53 procurement organization that is
20.54 certified by the federal Health Care
20.55 Financing Administration. The grant
20.56 must be used for a mobile learning
20.57 center to provide interactive education
21.1 about organ, tissue, and eye donation
21.2 to citizens across the state.
21.3 This appropriation is from the general
21.4 fund.
21.5 Sec. 18. VETERANS HOMES BOARD
21.6 Subdivision 1. To the commissioner 12,834,000
21.7 of administration for the purposes
21.8 specified in this section
21.9 Subd. 2. Hastings Veterans Home, Phase 2 7,084,000
21.10 For design, repair, and renovation of
21.11 the utility infrastructure systems and
21.12 related improvements at the campus of
21.13 the Hastings veterans home.
21.14 Subd. 3. Minneapolis Veterans Home 1,750,000
21.15 For infrastructure improvements of a
21.16 capital nature at the campus of the
21.17 Minneapolis veterans home including,
21.18 but not limited to, replacement of
21.19 water lines, roofs, and building
21.20 exteriors, and installation of freight
21.21 elevators, nursing stations, and
21.22 security systems.
21.23 Subd. 4. Asset Preservation 4,000,000
21.24 For asset preservation and
21.25 infrastructure repairs of a capital
21.26 nature at veterans homes statewide.
21.27 Sec. 19. CORRECTIONS
21.28 Subdivision 1. To the commissioner 16,710,000
21.29 of administration for the purposes
21.30 specified in this section.
21.31 Subd. 2. Faribault Sewer Repair 7,500,000
21.32 To replace or repair the sanitary and
21.33 storm sewer system at MCF-Faribault to
21.34 eliminate the potential for serious
21.35 health problems.
21.36 Subd. 3. Oak Park Heights 855,000
21.37 Administrative Control Unit
21.38 For a new high security, self-contained
21.39 60-bed administrative control unit at
21.40 MCF-Oak Park Heights.
21.41 Subd. 4. Lino Lakes, H Building 3,398,000
21.42 Remodeling, Phase 3
21.43 The commissioner must execute an
21.44 agreement with Anoka county for the
21.45 county to pay 100 percent of the cost
21.46 of meals provided to Anoka county jail
21.47 inmates by the Lino Lakes facility.
21.48 To remodel and reorganize the food
21.49 service building at MCF-Lino Lakes.
21.50 Subd. 5. Red Wing Mental Health Unit 801,000
21.51 To renovate an existing cottage into a
22.1 mental health support and living unit.
22.2 Subd. 6. Stillwater, Perimeter 1,476,000
22.3 Wall Repair
22.4 For capital repair to the interior
22.5 surface of the perimeter wall at
22.6 MCF-Stillwater.
22.7 This appropriation must not be used to
22.8 construct or repair the catwalks on the
22.9 current wall, or to construct or repair
22.10 new or current guard towers.
22.11 Subd. 7. Bayport Storm Sewer 2,680,000
22.12 Reconstruction
22.13 This amount is the final state
22.14 appropriation to the city of Bayport
22.15 for a storm sewer reconstruction
22.16 project in cooperation with
22.17 MCF-Stillwater.
22.18 Subd. 8. Asset Preservation
22.19 The unspent portion of an appropriation
22.20 for a project in this section that is
22.21 complete is available for asset
22.22 preservation at correctional
22.23 facilities. Minnesota Statutes,
22.24 section 16A.642, applies from the date
22.25 of the unspent amount transferred.
22.26 Sec. 20. PUBLIC SAFETY 844,000
22.27 Subdivision 1. To the commissioner of
22.28 public safety for the purposes
22.29 specified in this section.
22.30 Subd. 2. National Weather Service Transmitters 844,000
22.31 To buy National Weather Service
22.32 transmitters for up to 13 sites
22.33 throughout the state, and for generator
22.34 upgrades at MNDOT sites to provide full
22.35 coverage for weather emergencies and to
22.36 pay for necessary engineering fees (1)
22.37 to determine the most appropriate
22.38 locations for the transmitters,
22.39 antennas, and related equipment, (2) to
22.40 determine the viability of the towers
22.41 to accommodate the additional
22.42 equipment, and (3) to identify and
22.43 implement alternative sites, if
22.44 necessary. Operational maintenance of
22.45 the transmitters will be the
22.46 responsibility of the National Weather
22.47 Service as defined by a written
22.48 agreement between the Minnesota
22.49 department of administration and the
22.50 United States Department of Commerce.
22.51 This appropriation is from the general
22.52 fund.
22.53 Subd. 3. Law Enforcement Centers; Study
22.54 The commissioner shall study and report
22.55 to the legislature on the exact
22.56 locations for law enforcement centers
22.57 including whether there should be three
23.1 locations in the metropolitan area as
23.2 is now contemplated in Maple Grove,
23.3 Edina, and Saint Paul. The
23.4 commissioner must consider the location
23.5 of state universities, and technical
23.6 and community colleges and the training
23.7 that is already occurring throughout
23.8 the state higher education system. The
23.9 study must identify specific cities or
23.10 counties for the centers.
23.11 Sec. 21. TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
23.12 Subdivision 1. To the commissioner 41,179,000
23.13 of trade and economic development or other
23.14 named official for the purposes specified
23.15 in this section.
23.16 Subd. 2. Public Facilities Authority 12,893,000
23.17 (a) To match federal grants to the
23.18 water pollution control revolving fund
23.19 under Minnesota Statutes, section
23.20 446A.07, for eligible projects in the
23.21 following locations and other locations
23.22 as determined by the authority:
23.23 Jordan, La Porte, Butterfield, St. Paul
23.24 South Highwood, Hibbing, Spring Lake
23.25 township, Red Wing, Rollingstone,
23.26 Dassel, Cannon Falls, St. Michael,
23.27 Northfield, St. Paul I/I Phase II and
23.28 III, metropolitan council environmental
23.29 services, Warroad, Audubon, Brooten,
23.30 Clarissa, Currie, Dover-Eyota-St.
23.31 Charles, Eagle Bend, Fischer, Granite
23.32 Falls, Hendricks, Hoffman, Magnolia,
23.33 Red Wing, West Concord, Zumbrota, Avon,
23.34 Biwabik, Chatfield, Claremont, Cold
23.35 Spring, Coleraine/Bovey/Taconite,
23.36 Elmore, New Germany, Ostrander, Rogers,
23.37 and Waldorf.
23.38 (b) To match federal grants to the
23.39 drinking water revolving fund under
23.40 Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.081,
23.41 for eligible projects in the following
23.42 locations and other locations as
23.43 determined by the authority: Green
23.44 Lake SSWD, McGregor, Zumbro Falls,
23.45 Shakopee, Aitkin, Eden Valley/Watkins,
23.46 Long Prairie, Finlayson, Coleraine,
23.47 Ottertail, Rock county rural water
23.48 district, Rochester, Brooten, Howard
23.49 Lake, Watertown, Osseo, Victoria,
23.50 Lansing Township, Dayton, Henning, Pine
23.51 River, Staples, Hoffman, Ely, Eden
23.52 Valley, Glenwood, Winnebago,
23.53 Montevideo, Clearwater, Tracy, Echo,
23.54 New Richland, Underwood, Hibbing,
23.55 Kenyon, Brownton, Wanamingo, Waite
23.56 Park, Dover, Mayer, New Trier, Onamia,
23.57 Hinckley, Lyle, Richmond, and Cokato.
23.58 (c) The expenditure and allocation of
23.59 state matching funds between funds
23.60 described in paragraphs (a) and (b)
23.61 shall be based on the amount of federal
23.62 funds appropriated to the funds. This
23.63 appropriation must be used for
23.64 qualified capital projects.
24.1 Subd. 3. Wastewater Infrastructure 14,216,000
24.2 Funding Program
24.3 For grants to eligible municipalities
24.4 under the wastewater infrastructure
24.5 program established in Minnesota
24.6 Statutes, section 446A.072.
24.7 To the greatest extent practicable, the
24.8 authority should use the funds for
24.9 projects on the 2000 intended use plan
24.10 in priority order to qualified
24.11 applicants that submit plans and
24.12 specifications to the pollution control
24.13 agency or receive a funding commitment
24.14 from USDA rural development before
24.15 December 1, 2001. Municipalities
24.16 listed on the intended use plan
24.17 eligible for this funding, in priority
24.18 order, include, but are not limited
24.19 to: Dayton, Delavan, Garvin, East Gull
24.20 Lake, Duluth (Fond du Lac), Koochiching
24.21 county - Jackfish Bay Area, Forest
24.22 Prairie Township - Clear Lake, Crane
24.23 Lake Area Sewer District, Long Prairie,
24.24 and Duluth - North Shore plan area.
24.25 In calculating the essential project
24.26 components for a project under
24.27 Minnesota Statutes, section 116.182,
24.28 subdivision 1, paragraph (e), the
24.29 pollution control agency shall consider
24.30 only those components of a wastewater
24.31 disposal system that are necessary to
24.32 convey or treat a municipality's
24.33 existing wastewater flows and loadings.
24.34 Notwithstanding the provisions of
24.35 Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.072,
24.36 subdivision 4, a wastewater
24.37 infrastructure grant to a municipality
24.38 shall not exceed $15,000 per existing
24.39 connection.
24.40 Subd. 4. Clean Water Partnership 2,000,000
24.41 For deposit in the water pollution
24.42 control revolving fund under Minnesota
24.43 Statutes, section 446A.07, for the
24.44 Clean Water Partnership loan program
24.45 under Minnesota Statutes, section
24.46 103F.725.
24.47 Subd. 5. Brownfields Redevelopment 7,000,000
24.48 For deposit in the redevelopment
24.49 account created in Minnesota Statutes,
24.50 section 116J.561.
24.51 Subd. 6. Direct Reduction 3,500,000
24.52 Iron Processing Facilities
24.53 For a grant to Itasca county to design
24.54 freshwater wells and wastewater
24.55 treatment facilities, pipelines,
24.56 railroads, and roads, and to extend
24.57 sewer and water to direct reduction
24.58 iron processing facilities, subject to
24.59 Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695.
24.60 This appropriation is contingent upon
25.1 an agreement with a company using the
25.2 direct reduction iron process to locate
25.3 in Minnesota.
25.4 Subd. 7. Landfall HRA Retaining Walls 100,000
25.5 For a grant to the city of Landfall
25.6 Housing and Redevelopment Authority to
25.7 repair or replace deteriorating
25.8 retaining walls.
25.9 Subd. 8. Glover-Sudduth Center 1,000,000
25.10 For a grant to the city of Minneapolis
25.11 through the Minneapolis Community
25.12 Development Agency for design and
25.13 construction of the Glover-Sudduth
25.14 Center for Urban Affairs and Economic
25.15 Development.
25.16 Subd. 9. Farmamerica 470,000
25.17 For accessibility and security
25.18 improvements.
25.19 This appropriation is from the general
25.20 fund and is available until June 30,
25.21 2001.
25.22 Sec. 22. HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY 1,000,000
25.23 To the Housing Finance Agency for
25.24 transfer to the housing development
25.25 fund for the purpose of making loans or
25.26 grants for publicly owned temporary or
25.27 transitional housing under Minnesota
25.28 Statutes, section 462A.201, subdivision
25.29 2, including loans or grants for
25.30 housing homeless youth, homeless
25.31 families, battered women, and
25.32 individuals leaving prostitution.
25.33 Sec. 23. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
25.34 Subdivision 1. To the Minnesota 3,300,000
25.35 Historical Society for the purposes
25.36 specified in this section.
25.37 Subd. 2. Asset Preservation 1,750,000
25.38 For capital repair, reconstruction, or
25.39 replacement of deferred maintenance
25.40 needs at state historic sites,
25.41 buildings, exhibits, markers, and
25.42 monuments. $200,000 is for the asset
25.43 preservation for the LeDuc Mansion.
25.44 The society shall determine project
25.45 priorities as appropriate based on need.
25.46 Subd. 3. St. Anthony Falls Heritage Center 1,000,000
25.47 To complete the center.
25.48 Subd. 4. County and Local 300,000
25.49 Preservation Grants
25.50 To be allocated to county and local
25.51 jurisdictions as matching money for
25.52 historic preservation projects of a
25.53 capital nature. Grant recipients must
25.54 be public entities and must match state
26.1 funds on at least an equal basis. The
26.2 facilities must be publicly owned.
26.3 Subd. 5. State Capitol Furnishings Restoration 250,000
26.4 For restoration of historic furniture
26.5 in the state capitol building. This
26.6 appropriation is from the general fund.
26.7 Sec. 24. BOND SALE EXPENSES 425,000
26.8 To the commissioner of finance for bond
26.9 sale expenses under Minnesota Statutes,
26.10 section 16A.641, subdivision 8. This
26.11 appropriation is from the bond proceeds
26.12 fund.
26.13 Sec. 25. BOND SALE SCHEDULE
26.14 The commissioner of finance shall
26.15 schedule the sale of state general
26.16 obligation bonds so that, during the
26.17 biennium ending June 30, 2001, no more
26.18 than $569,217,000 will need to be
26.19 transferred from the general fund to
26.20 the state bond fund to pay principal
26.21 and interest due and to become due on
26.22 outstanding state general obligation
26.23 bonds. During the biennium, before
26.24 each sale of state general obligation
26.25 bonds, the commissioner of finance
26.26 shall calculate the amount of debt
26.27 service payments needed on bonds
26.28 previously issued and shall estimate
26.29 the amount of debt service payments
26.30 that will be needed on the bonds
26.31 scheduled to be sold. The commissioner
26.32 shall adjust the amount of bonds
26.33 scheduled to be sold so as to remain
26.34 within the limit set by this section.
26.35 The amount needed to make the debt
26.36 service payments is appropriated from
26.37 the general fund as provided in
26.38 Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641.
26.39 Sec. 26. [BOND SALE AUTHORIZATIONS.]
26.40 Subdivision 1. [BOND PROCEEDS FUND.] To provide the money
26.41 appropriated in this act from the bond proceeds fund, the
26.42 commissioner of finance, on request of the governor, shall sell
26.43 and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $391,092,000 in
26.44 the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by
26.45 Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the
26.46 Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
26.47 Subd. 2. [TRANSPORTATION FUND.] To provide the money
26.48 appropriated in this act from the transportation fund, the
26.49 commissioner of finance, on request of the governor, shall sell
26.50 and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $49,000,000 in
26.51 the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by
27.1 Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the
27.2 Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7. The
27.3 proceeds of the bonds, except accrued interest and any premium
27.4 received on the sale of the bonds, must be credited to a bond
27.5 proceeds account in the state transportation fund.
27.6 Subd. 3. [MAXIMUM EFFORT SCHOOL LOAN FUND.] To provide the
27.7 money appropriated in this act from the maximum effort school
27.8 loan fund, the commissioner of finance, on request of the
27.9 governor, shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount
27.10 up to $32,990,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the
27.11 effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to
27.12 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections
27.13 4 to 7. The proceeds of the bonds, except accrued interest and
27.14 any premium received on the sale of the bonds, must be credited
27.15 to a bond proceeds account in the maximum effort school loan
27.16 fund.
27.17 Sec. 27. [RED RIVER STATE RECREATION AREA.]
27.18 Subdivision 1. [85.013] [Subd. 20a.] [RED RIVER STATE
27.19 RECREATION AREA, POLK COUNTY.] The Red River state recreation
27.20 area is established in Polk county.
27.21 Subd. 2. [BOUNDARIES.] The following described lands are
27.22 located within the boundaries of the Red River state recreation
27.23 area, all in Polk county:
27.24 (1) Lots 3 to 14 of Block 2 including streets and alleys
27.25 adjacent thereto in Riverside Addition;
27.26 (2) Block 1 including streets and alleys adjacent thereto
27.27 in Surprenant's Addition;
27.28 (3) Lots 1 to 24 including streets and alleys adjacent
27.29 thereto in Grigg's Addition;
27.30 (4) Lots 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 of Block 1, Block 3, Lots 1
27.31 to 10 of Block 4, and Lots 1 to 12 in Blocks A and B including
27.32 streets and alleys adjacent thereto in Grand Forks East;
27.33 (5) Lots 1 to 5 of Block 1 and Blocks 2 to 14 including
27.34 streets and alleys adjacent thereto in Lake Park Addition;
27.35 (6) Lots 1 to 7 and Lots 19 to 24 of Block 2 including
27.36 streets and alleys adjacent thereto in E.B. Frederick's
28.1 Addition;
28.2 (7) Lots 1 to 3 of Block 1 and Blocks 2, 3, and 4 including
28.3 streets and alleys adjacent thereto in Budge's First Addition;
28.4 (8) Lots 1 to 4 of Block 1 including streets and alleys
28.5 adjacent thereto in River Heights 1st Addition;
28.6 (9) Blocks 1 and 2 including streets and alleys adjacent
28.7 thereto in Thompson's Addition;
28.8 (10) Lots 1 to 12 of Block 1, Lots 4 to 12 of Block 2,
28.9 Block 3, and Lots 1 to 4 of Block 4 in Edwards Outlots and
28.10 Outlots 4 to 8 including streets and alleys adjacent thereto in
28.11 Auditor's Plat of Outlots;
28.12 (11) Auditor's Plat of Mrs. Hines' Outlot;
28.13 (12) Lots 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, and 24 of Block
28.14 3 and Lots 1 to 8 of Block 2 including streets and alleys
28.15 adjacent thereto in the Original Townsite of East Grand Forks;
28.16 (13) Blocks 1 to 8 including streets and alleys adjacent
28.17 thereto in Woodland Addition;
28.18 (14) Lots 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, and 23 of
28.19 Block 31 and Blocks 32 to 38 including streets and alleys
28.20 adjacent thereto in Traill's Addition;
28.21 (15) Blocks 2 to 16 including streets and alleys adjacent
28.22 thereto in Elm Grove;
28.23 (16) Block 1, Lots 1 to 11 of Block 2, and Lots 1 to 11 of
28.24 Block 3 including streets and alleys adjacent thereto in O'Leary
28.25 and Ryan's Addition to Elm Grove;
28.26 (17) Lots 6 to 10 of Block 1, Lots 8 to 35 of Block 2,
28.27 Blocks 3, 4, and 5 including streets and alleys adjacent thereto
28.28 in Folson Park Addition;
28.29 (18) Lots 1 to 6 of Block 1 in Jerome's Addition;
28.30 (19) Lots 1 to 4 of Block 3 in Prestige Addition;
28.31 (20) Lots 1 to 14 of Block 1 in Riverview Addition;
28.32 (21) Lots 6 to 16 of Block 3 in Riverview 3rd Addition;
28.33 (22) Lots 1 to 4 of Block 1 in Riverview 4th Addition;
28.34 (23) Lots 1 and 2 of Block 1 in Riverview 5th Addition;
28.35 (24) Lots 1 to 9 of Block 1 and Outlot A in Riverview 6th
28.36 Addition;
29.1 (25) Lots 1 to 18 of Block 1 and Lots 1 to 5 of Block 2
29.2 including streets and alleys adjacent thereto in Timberline 2nd
29.3 Addition;
29.4 (26) Lots 14 to 16 of Block 1 including streets and alleys
29.5 adjacent thereto in Timberline Addition;
29.6 (27) Lots 19 and 20 including streets and alleys adjacent
29.7 thereto in Murphy's Outlots;
29.8 (28) Lots 1 to 10 of Block 1 including streets and alleys
29.9 thereto in Croy's 2nd Addition;
29.10 (29) Lots 1 to 6 of Block 1 including the streets and
29.11 alleys adjacent thereto in Point of Woods 2nd Addition;
29.12 (30) Lots 1 to 6 of Block 1 including the streets and
29.13 alleys adjacent thereto in Point of Woods Addition;
29.14 (31) the unplatted portions of Government Lots 1, 2, and 3
29.15 of Section 35, Township 152 North, Range 50 West;
29.16 (32) all of Government Lot 7, the unplatted portion of
29.17 Government Lot 9, and that part of Government Lots 6 and 8 and
29.18 the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter lying
29.19 southwesterly of the southwesterly right-of-way line of the
29.20 Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railroad of Section 1, Township
29.21 151 North, Range 50 West;
29.22 (33) the unplatted portions of Government Lots 2, 3, 4, 5,
29.23 and 6 of Section 2, Township 151 North, Range 50 West;
29.24 (34) all of Government Lots 1 and 2 of Section 11, Township
29.25 151 North, Range 50 West;
29.26 (35) all of Government Lots 1, 7, and 11, the unplatted
29.27 portions of Government Lots 3, 5, 9, and 10, and the Northeast
29.28 Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 12, Township 151
29.29 North, Range 50;
29.30 (36) all of Government Lots 1 and 2, the Southwest Quarter
29.31 of the Northwest Quarter, and the Northwest Quarter of the
29.32 Southwest Quarter of Section 13, Township 151 North, Range 50
29.33 West;
29.34 (37) all of Government Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4 of Section 14;
29.35 Township 151 North, Range 50 West;
29.36 (38) that part of Government Lot 7 lying southwesterly of
30.1 the southwesterly right-of-way line of the Burlington Northern
30.2 and Santa Fe Railroad of Section 6, Township 151 North, Range 49
30.3 West; and
30.4 (39) all of Government Lots 2, 6, 7, and 9, the Northwest
30.5 Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, the Northeast Quarter of the
30.6 Northeast Quarter, the unplatted portions of Government Lots 3
30.7 and 5, and that part of Government Lot 1 and the Northeast
30.8 Quarter of the Northwest Quarter lying southwesterly of the
30.9 southwesterly right-of-way line of the Burlington Northern and
30.10 Santa Fe Railroad of Section 7, Township 151 North, Range 49
30.11 West.
30.12 Subd. 3. [ADMINISTRATION.] The commissioner of natural
30.13 resources shall administer the area according to Minnesota
30.14 Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 3, subject to existing
30.15 rules and regulations for state recreation areas. The
30.16 commissioner shall appoint a citizens' oversight committee to
30.17 assist with developing and managing the area. The committee
30.18 shall serve without compensation and is exempt from Minnesota
30.19 Statutes, section 15.059.
30.20 Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section
30.21 119A.45, is amended to read:
30.22 119A.45 [EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING AND CHILD PROTECTION
30.23 FACILITIES.]
30.24 The commissioner may make grants to state agencies and
30.25 political subdivisions to construct or rehabilitate facilities
30.26 for early childhood programs, with priority to centers in
30.27 counties or municipalities with the highest percentage of
30.28 children living in poverty. The commissioner may also make
30.29 grants to state agencies and political subdivisions to construct
30.30 or rehabilitate facilities for crisis nurseries or child
30.31 visitation centers. The facilities must be owned by the state
30.32 or a political subdivision, but may be leased under section
30.33 16A.695 to organizations that operate the programs. The
30.34 commissioner must prescribe the terms and conditions of the
30.35 leases. A grant for an individual facility must not exceed
30.36 $200,000 for each program that is housed in the facility, up to
31.1 a maximum of $500,000 for a facility that houses three programs
31.2 or more. Programs include Head Start, early childhood and
31.3 family education programs, and other early childhood
31.4 intervention programs. The commissioner must give priority to
31.5 grants that involve collaboration among sponsors of programs
31.6 under this section and may give priority to projects that
31.7 collaborate with child care providers, including all-day and
31.8 school-age child care programs, special needs care, sick child
31.9 care, and nontraditional hour care, and centers that serve
31.10 refugee and immigrant families. The commissioner may give
31.11 priority to grants for programs that will increase their child
31.12 care workers' wages as a result of the grant. At least 25
31.13 percent of the amounts appropriated for these grants up to
31.14 $50,000 must utilize youthbuild under sections 268.361 to
31.15 268.366 or other youth employment and training programs for the
31.16 labor portion of the construction. Eligible programs must
31.17 consult with appropriate labor organizations to deliver
31.18 education and training. State appropriations must be matched on
31.19 a 50 percent basis with nonstate funds. The matching
31.20 requirement must apply programwide and not to individual grants.
31.21 Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section
31.22 124D.88, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
31.23 Subd. 3. [GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS.] (a) Any group of
31.24 school districts that meets the criteria required under
31.25 paragraph (b)(1) may apply for a magnet school grant in an
31.26 amount not to exceed $20,800,000 for the approved costs or
31.27 expansion of a magnet school facility.
31.28 (b)(1) Any group of districts that submits an application
31.29 for a grant shall submit a proposal to the commissioner for
31.30 review and comment under section 123B.71, and the commissioner
31.31 shall prepare a review and comment on the proposed magnet school
31.32 facility, regardless of the amount of the capital expenditure
31.33 required to design, acquire, construct, remodel, improve,
31.34 furnish, or equip the facility. The commissioner must not
31.35 approve an application for a magnet school grant for any
31.36 facility unless the facility receives a favorable review and
32.1 comment under section 123B.71 and the participating districts:
32.2 (i) establish a joint powers board under section 471.59 to
32.3 represent all participating districts and govern the magnet
32.4 school facility;
32.5 (ii) design the planned magnet school facility to meet the
32.6 applicable requirements contained in Minnesota Rules, chapter
32.7 3535;
32.8 (iii) submit a statement of need, including reasons why the
32.9 magnet school will facilitate integration and improve learning;
32.10 (iv) prepare an educational plan that includes input from
32.11 both community and professional staff; and
32.12 (v) develop an education program that will improve learning
32.13 opportunities for students attending the magnet school.
32.14 (2) The districts may develop a plan that permits social
32.15 service, health, and other programs serving students and
32.16 community residents to be located within the magnet school
32.17 facility. The commissioner shall consider this plan when
32.18 preparing a review and comment on the proposed facility.
32.19 (c) When two or more districts enter into an agreement
32.20 establishing a joint powers board to govern the magnet school
32.21 facility, all member districts shall have the same powers.
32.22 (d) A joint powers board of participating school districts
32.23 established under paragraphs (b) and (c) that intends to apply
32.24 for a grant must adopt a resolution stating the costs of the
32.25 proposed project, the purpose for which the debt is to be
32.26 incurred, and an estimate of the dates when the contracts for
32.27 the proposed project will be completed. A copy of the
32.28 resolution must accompany any application for a state grant
32.29 under this section.
32.30 (e)(1) The commissioner shall examine and consider all
32.31 grant applications. If the commissioner finds that any joint
32.32 powers district is not a qualified grant applicant, the
32.33 commissioner shall promptly notify that joint powers board. The
32.34 commissioner shall make awards to no more than two qualified
32.35 applicants whose applications have been on file with the
32.36 commissioner more than 30 days.
33.1 (2) A grant award is subject to verification by the joint
33.2 powers board under paragraph (f). A grant award must not be
33.3 made until the participating districts determine the site of the
33.4 magnet school facility. If the total amount of the approved
33.5 applications exceeds the amount of grant funding that is or can
33.6 be made available, the commissioner shall allot the available
33.7 amount equally between the approved applicant districts. The
33.8 commissioner shall promptly certify to each qualified joint
33.9 powers board the amount, if any, of the grant awarded to it.
33.10 (f) Each grant must be evidenced by a contract between the
33.11 joint powers board and the state acting through the
33.12 commissioner. The contract obligates the state to pay to the
33.13 joint powers board an amount computed according to paragraph
33.14 (e)(2) and a schedule, and terms and conditions acceptable to
33.15 the commissioner of finance.
33.16 (g) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 123B.02,
33.17 subdivision 3, the joint powers and its individual members may
33.18 enter into long-term lease agreements as part of the magnet
33.19 school program.
33.20 Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 136F.36,
33.21 subdivision 1, is amended to read:
33.22 Subdivision 1. [AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE, DEVELOP, AND SELL
33.23 REAL PROPERTY FOR INSTRUCTIONAL PURPOSES.] For the purpose of
33.24 instructional construction by technical colleges, the board may
33.25 build, sell, or transfer personal property and may purchase or
33.26 otherwise acquire real property that it does not intend to use
33.27 as a permanent educational site. The board may, upon the terms
33.28 and conditions it sets, develop and, sell, transfer, or
33.29 otherwise dispose of real property acquired under this section.
33.30 A sale shall must be for at fair market value. For purposes
33.31 of this section, a sale price resulting from public bidding,
33.32 public auction, or negotiations between unrelated parties acting
33.33 in their self-interest is fair market value. Where real
33.34 property acquired under this section cannot be sold for fair
33.35 market value, the board may lease the real property under the
33.36 terms and conditions it sets. The board may also contract for
34.1 the use of real property it does not own. Where the board makes
34.2 improvements to real property it does not own, the
34.3 landowner shall may compensate the board for the fair market
34.4 value, nominal consideration, or without consideration as may be
34.5 agreed on between the parties, of the board's contribution to
34.6 the improvements. No other authorizing legislation or
34.7 legislative approval is required for an acquisition,
34.8 improvement, or sale under this section. Proceeds from the
34.9 sale, lease, or improvement of real property under this section
34.10 are appropriated to the board.
34.11 Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 136F.36,
34.12 subdivision 3, is amended to read:
34.13 Subd. 3. [WARRANTIES.] The board may, in its discretion,
34.14 offer the warranties contained in chapter 327A, less extensive
34.15 warranties or no warranties.
34.16 Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 136F.36, is
34.17 amended by adding a subdivision to read:
34.18 Subd. 5. [STATE EMPLOYEE PURCHASE.] Notwithstanding
34.19 section 15.054, personal or real property resulting from
34.20 instructional construction by technical colleges may be sold to
34.21 a state employee under the following conditions:
34.22 (1) there is reasonable public notice of the sale;
34.23 (2) the sale is by public auction, sealed bid, or listing
34.24 with a licensed real estate broker;
34.25 (3) the state employee offers the highest price; and
34.26 (4) the state employee was not involved in the development
34.27 of the property or the award of the sale.
34.28 Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 136F.60, is
34.29 amended by adding a subdivision to read:
34.30 Subd. 4. [TRANSFER OF STATE COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY-OWNED
34.31 IMPROVEMENTS.] The board may sell, transfer, or otherwise
34.32 dispose of an improvement located on state-owned lands, the
34.33 compensation for which shall be determined by the board. The
34.34 sale, transfer, or disposition must be accomplished by a bill of
34.35 sale describing the improvement transferred and the terms and
34.36 conditions of the sale or transfer. Proceeds from the sale,
35.1 transfer, or disposition must be retained by the board unless
35.2 otherwise provided by law.
35.3 Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 136F.64,
35.4 subdivision 1, is amended to read:
35.5 Subdivision 1. [GENERAL AUTHORITY; CONSTRUCTION;
35.6 IMPROVEMENTS.] (a) Specific legislative authority is not
35.7 required for repairs or minor capital projects financed with
35.8 operating appropriation or institutional receipts that:
35.9 (1) are undertaken for asset preservation or code
35.10 compliance purposes; or
35.11 (2) do not materially increase the net square footage of
35.12 the institution; and
35.13 (3) do not materially increase the costs of instructional
35.14 programs.
35.15 Minor capital projects authorized by this section may not
35.16 exceed a project cost of $250,000. For any project under this
35.17 section with a cost in excess of $100,000, unless the board of
35.18 trustees determines that an emergency exists, the board must
35.19 notify the chair of the finance committee of the senate, and the
35.20 chairs of the ways and means committee and the capital
35.21 investment committee of the house in writing prior to incurring
35.22 any contractual obligations.
35.23 (b) The board shall supervise and control the preparation
35.24 of plans and specifications for the construction, alteration,
35.25 repair, or enlargement of state college and university
35.26 buildings, structures, and improvements for which appropriations
35.27 are made to the board. The board shall advertise for bids and
35.28 award contracts in connection with the improvements, supervise
35.29 and inspect the work, approve necessary changes in the plans and
35.30 specifications, approve estimates for payment, and accept the
35.31 improvements when completed according to the plans and
35.32 specifications.
35.33 Sec. 35. [240A.13] [CONDITIONS FOR SOCCER GRANTS.]
35.34 (a) A political subdivision may not use grant money
35.35 received from the commission to purchase, rent, lease, or
35.36 otherwise acquire land for soccer fields or other soccer
36.1 facilities.
36.2 (b) Any grant from the Minnesota amateur sports commission
36.3 for development of soccer fields or facilities must be matched
36.4 at least equally by the recipient.
36.5 (c) A political subdivision that receives a grant must
36.6 disburse one percent of the grant to a nonprofit arts
36.7 organization in the political subdivision to support local arts
36.8 programs. If there is no nonprofit arts organization in the
36.9 subdivision, the political subdivision itself must distribute
36.10 one percent to support local arts programs.
36.11 Sec. 36. Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 3, subdivision
36.12 24, is amended to read:
36.13 Subd. 24. St. Cloud Technical College 1,000,000
36.14 To design and construct an addition and
36.15 remodeling of graphic arts and dental
36.16 space, including classrooms, and design
36.17 predesign remodeling of most of the
36.18 remaining space.
36.19 Sec. 37. Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 5, subdivision
36.20 11, as amended by Laws 1999, chapter 26, section 1, is amended
36.21 to read:
36.22 Subd. 11. McLeod West School
36.23 District No. 2887 500,000
36.24 For a grant to the McLeod West school
36.25 district No. 2887, to design and
36.26 acquire land for a new grade 7 through
36.27 12 remodel an educational facility.
36.28 Sec. 38. Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 7, subdivision
36.29 23, as amended by Laws 1999, chapter 231, section 194, and Laws
36.30 1999, chapter 240, article 1, section 20, is amended to read:
36.31 Subd. 23. Metro Regional Trails 5,000,000
36.32 For grants to the metropolitan council
36.33 for acquisition and development of a
36.34 capital nature of trail connections in
36.35 the metropolitan area as specified in
36.36 this subdivision. The purpose of the
36.37 grants is to improve trails in the
36.38 metropolitan park and open space system
36.39 and connect them with existing state
36.40 and regional trails. Priority shall be
36.41 given to matching funds for an ISTEA
36.42 grant.
36.43 The funds shall be allocated by the
36.44 council as follows:
36.45 (1) $1,050,000 is allocated to Ramsey
36.46 county as follows:
37.1 (i) $400,000 to complete six miles of
37.2 trails between the Burlington Northern
37.3 Regional Trail and Bald Eagle-Otter
37.4 Lake Regional Park;
37.5 (ii) $150,000 to complete a one-mile
37.6 connection between Birch Lake and the
37.7 Lake Tamarack segment of Bald
37.8 Eagle-Otter Lake Regional Park;
37.9 (iii) $500,000 to acquire real property
37.10 and design and construct or renovate
37.11 recreation facilities along the
37.12 Mississippi River in cooperation with
37.13 the city of St. Paul;
37.14 (2) $1,050,000 is allocated to the city
37.15 of St. Paul as follows:
37.16 (i) $250,000 to construct a bridge over
37.17 Lexington Parkway in Como Regional
37.18 Park; and
37.19 (ii) $800,000 to enhance amenities for
37.20 the trailhead at the Lilydale-Harriet
37.21 Island Regional Park pavilion;
37.22 (3) $1,400,000 is allocated to Anoka
37.23 county to construct:
37.24 (i) a pedestrian tunnel under Highway
37.25 65 on the Rice Creek West Regional
37.26 Trail in the city of Fridley; and
37.27 (ii) restrooms, trailhead, signs, and
37.28 amenities at the trailhead to the Rice
37.29 Creek West Regional Trail; and
37.30 (iii) a pedestrian bridge on the
37.31 Mississippi River Regional Trail
37.32 crossing over Mississippi Street in the
37.33 city of Fridley; and
37.34 (4) $1,500,000 is allocated to the
37.35 suburban Hennepin regional park
37.36 district as follows:
37.37 (i) $1,000,000 to connect North
37.38 Hennepin Regional Trail to Luce Line
37.39 State Trail and Medicine Lake; and
37.40 (ii) $500,000 is for the cost of
37.41 development and acquisition of the
37.42 Southwest regional trail in the city of
37.43 St. Louis Park. The trail must connect
37.44 the Minneapolis regional trail system
37.45 at Cedar Lake park to the Hennepin
37.46 parks regional trail system at the
37.47 Hopkins trail head.
37.48 Sec. 39. Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 23, subdivision
37.49 13, is amended to read:
37.50 Subd. 13. Hutchinson Community
37.51 Civic Center 1,000,000
37.52 For a grant to the city of Hutchinson
37.53 to design, construct, furnish, and
37.54 equip acquire and remodel facilities
37.55 for a community civic center, subject
38.1 to the requirements of Minnesota
38.2 Statutes, section 16A.695. This
38.3 appropriation is not available until
38.4 the commissioner has determined that an
38.5 equal amount has been committed from
38.6 nonstate sources.
38.7 Sec. 40. [CAPITAL PROJECT PRIORITIES; HIGHER EDUCATION.]
38.8 The board of regents of the University of Minnesota and the
38.9 board of trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and
38.10 universities are requested to consider the following criteria in
38.11 establishing priorities for requests for bond funds for capital
38.12 projects:
38.13 (1) maintenance and preservation of existing facilities;
38.14 (2) completion of projects that have received funding;
38.15 (3) updating facilities to meet contemporary needs;
38.16 (4) providing geographic distribution of capital projects;
38.17 and
38.18 (5) maximizing the use of nonstate contributions.
38.19 Sec. 41. [INFRASTRUCTURE REPORTING STANDARDS.]
38.20 The commissioner of finance must implement the
38.21 infrastructure reporting requirements of the Governmental
38.22 Accounting Standards Board statement 34 as follows:
38.23 (1) following completion of the comprehensive annual
38.24 financial report for fiscal year 2001 in the current format, an
38.25 unaudited restatement of the financial statements must be
38.26 prepared following statement 34; and
38.27 (2) the comprehensive annual financial report for fiscal
38.28 year 2002 must implement all of the requirements of statement
38.29 34, including the retroactive reporting of infrastructure assets.
38.30 Sec. 42. [CANCELLATIONS AND TRANSFERS.]
38.31 (a) The $735,000 appropriation in Laws 1994, chapter 643,
38.32 section 18, for the design of the labor interpretive center is
38.33 canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 1994, chapter
38.34 643, section 31, subdivision 1, is reduced by $735,000.
38.35 (b) $130,000 of the appropriation in Laws 1994, chapter
38.36 643, section 23, for dam improvements is canceled. The bond
38.37 sale authorization in Laws 1999, chapter 643, section 31,
38.38 subdivision 1, is reduced by $130,000.
39.1 (c) $1,355,000 of the appropriation in Laws 1996, chapter
39.2 463, section 16, subdivision 5, for the Brainerd bed expansion
39.3 project is canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 1996,
39.4 chapter 463, section 27, subdivision 1, is reduced by $1,355,000.
39.5 (d) The $514,000 appropriation in Laws 1996, chapter 463,
39.6 section 19, subdivision 5, clause (20), for the addition to the
39.7 Dilworth truck station is canceled.
39.8 (e) The $500,000 appropriation in Laws 1996, chapter 463,
39.9 section 22, subdivision 7, for the Battle Point historic site is
39.10 canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 1996, chapter
39.11 463, section 27, subdivision 1, is reduced by $500,000.
39.12 (f) $11,285,000 of the appropriation in Laws 1997, Second
39.13 Special Session chapter 2, section 2, for public safety disaster
39.14 assistance funds is canceled. The bond sale authorization in
39.15 Laws 1997, Second Special Session chapter 2, section 12, is
39.16 reduced by $11,285,000.
39.17 (g) $1,894,000 of the appropriation in Laws 1998, chapter
39.18 404, section 5, subdivision 5, for the Southwest metropolitan
39.19 integration magnet school in Edina is canceled.
39.20 (h) $5,800,000 of the appropriation in Laws 1998, chapter
39.21 404, section 13, subdivision 5, for the Minnesota labor
39.22 interpretive center is canceled.
39.23 (i) The $1,200,000 appropriation in Laws 1998, chapter 404,
39.24 section 21, subdivision 2, for a state patrol training facility
39.25 at Camp Ripley is canceled.
39.26 (j) The $1,700,000 appropriation in Laws 1998, chapter 404,
39.27 section 22, for the Battle Point Cultural Education Center is
39.28 canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 1998, chapter
39.29 404, section 27, subdivision 1, is reduced by $1,700,000.
39.30 (k) The balance of the appropriation in Laws 1998, chapter
39.31 404, section 23, subdivision 11, for the St. Cloud community
39.32 events center is transferred to the board of trustees of the
39.33 Minnesota state colleges and universities to construct a new
39.34 athletic facility on the south side of the existing St. Cloud
39.35 State University campus. The balance of the bond sale
39.36 authorization in Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 27, subdivision
40.1 1, attributable to the events center project is to provide the
40.2 money for the athletic facility project.
40.3 (l) The $2,250,000 appropriation in Laws 1998, chapter 404,
40.4 section 23, subdivision 24, for the Minnesota African-American
40.5 Performing Arts Center is canceled. The bond sale authorization
40.6 in Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 27, subdivision 1, is reduced
40.7 by $2,225,000.
40.8 (m) $500,000 of the appropriation in Laws 1998, chapter
40.9 404, section 23, subdivision 27, for the Red Lake tribal
40.10 production facility is canceled.
40.11 (n) The $4,000,000 appropriation in Laws 1999, chapter 240,
40.12 article 1, section 3, for the Southwest Metropolitan Integration
40.13 Magnet School in Edina is canceled. The bond sale authorization
40.14 in Laws 1999, chapter 240, article 1, section 13, is reduced by
40.15 $4,000,000.
40.16 Sec. 43. [HIGHWAY 100 WALL EXTENSION.]
40.17 The commissioner of transportation shall by December 31,
40.18 2000, complete construction of an extension of a sound abatement
40.19 wall along the east side of marked trunk highway No. 100 from
40.20 its present termination north of West 41st street to a point 520
40.21 feet north of that termination.
40.22 Sec. 44. [EFFECTIVE DATE.]
40.23 This act is effective the day after its final enactment.