HF 449

as introduced - 82nd Legislature (2001 - 2002) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to education finance; authorizing a capital 
  1.3             loan for independent school district No. 2580, East 
  1.4             Central; appropriating money.  
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  [CAPITAL LOAN; EAST CENTRAL.] 
  1.7      Subdivision 1.  [EXCEPTION ALLOWED.] Notwithstanding the 
  1.8   timelines in Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.69, subdivisions 
  1.9   3, 6, 7, or 11, or the application limitation in Laws 2000, 
  1.10  chapter 492, article 1, section 5, subdivision 5, independent 
  1.11  school district No. 2580, East Central, may apply to the 
  1.12  department of children, families, and learning for a maximum 
  1.13  effort capital loan. 
  1.14     Subd. 2.  [INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2580, EAST 
  1.15  CENTRAL.] $19,000,000 is appropriated from the maximum effort 
  1.16  school loan fund to the commissioner of children, families, and 
  1.17  learning to make a capital loan to independent school district 
  1.18  No. 2580, East Central.  $19,000,000 is approved for a capital 
  1.19  loan to independent school district No. 2580, East Central. 
  1.20     Subd. 3.  [COMMISSIONER REVIEW.] The commissioner of 
  1.21  children, families, and learning shall complete the review and 
  1.22  comment process according to Minnesota Statutes, section 
  1.23  126C.69, subdivisions 3, 4, 5, and 8, for the project approved 
  1.24  in this section. 
  1.25     The commissioner shall review the proposed plan and budget 
  2.1   of the project approved in this section and may reduce the 
  2.2   amount of a loan to ensure that the project will be economical.  
  2.3   The commissioner may recover the cost incurred by the 
  2.4   commissioner for any professional services associated with the 
  2.5   final review by reducing the proceeds of the loan paid to a 
  2.6   district. 
  2.7      Subd. 4.  [BONDS.] To provide the money appropriated by 
  2.8   this section from the maximum effort school loan fund, the 
  2.9   commissioner of finance, on request of the governor, shall sell 
  2.10  and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $19,000,000 in 
  2.11  the manner, on the terms, and with the effect prescribed by 
  2.12  Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the 
  2.13  Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.  The 
  2.14  proceeds of the bonds, except accrued interest and any premium 
  2.15  received on the sale of the bonds, must be credited to a bond 
  2.16  proceeds account in the maximum effort school loan fund. 
  2.17     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective the day 
  2.18  following final enactment.