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3rd Engrossment - 83rd Legislature (2003 - 2004) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

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  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to capital improvements; authorizing spending 
  1.3             to acquire and better public land and buildings and 
  1.4             other public improvements of a capital nature with 
  1.5             certain conditions; requiring certain studies and 
  1.6             reports; authorizing sale of state bonds; 
  1.7             appropriating money; amending Laws 2002, chapter 393, 
  1.8             section 19, subdivision 2. 
  1.9   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.10                             ARTICLE 1
  1.11                        CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
  1.12  Section 1.  [CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  1.13     The sums in the column under "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
  1.14  appropriated from the bond proceeds fund, or another named fund, 
  1.15  to the state agencies or officials indicated, to be spent for 
  1.16  public purposes.  Appropriations of bond proceeds must be spent 
  1.17  as authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 
  1.18  5, paragraph (a), to acquire and better public land and 
  1.19  buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature, or 
  1.20  as authorized by article XI, section 5, paragraphs (b) to (j), 
  1.21  or article XIV.  Unless otherwise specified, the appropriations 
  1.22  in this article are available until the project is completed or 
  1.23  abandoned.  
  1.24                              SUMMARY 
  1.25  UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA                          $   48,308,000 
  1.26  MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES            69,716,000 
  1.27  CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND LEARNING                     25,700,000 
  2.1   NATURAL RESOURCES                                    35,317,000 
  2.2   OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANCE                    3,600,000 
  2.3   BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES                     8,250,000 
  2.4   AGRICULTURE                                             292,000 
  2.5   ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS                                    8,184,000 
  2.6   ADMINISTRATION                                        4,991,000 
  2.7   AMATEUR SPORTS COMMISSION                             8,250,000 
  2.8   ARTS                                                 32,000,000 
  2.9   MILITARY AFFAIRS                                        500,000 
  2.10  TRANSPORTATION                                       57,500,000 
  2.11  METROPOLITAN COUNCIL                                 10,500,000 
  2.12  HEALTH                                                  775,000 
  2.13  HUMAN SERVICES                                        6,680,000 
  2.14  CORRECTIONS                                           1,550,000 
  2.15  TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT                       68,650,000 
  2.16  IRON RANGE RESOURCES AND REHABILITATION BOARD         1,500,000 
  2.17  MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY                            725,000 
  2.18  BOND SALE EXPENSES                                      402,000 
  2.19  TOTAL                                            $  393,390,000
  2.20  Bond Proceeds Fund 
  2.21  (General Fund Debt Service)                         363,088,000 
  2.22  Bond Proceeds Fund  
  2.23  (User Financed Debt Service)                         27,502,000  
  2.24  General Fund                                          2,800,000 
  2.25                                                   APPROPRIATIONS
  2.26                                                   $ 
  2.27  Sec. 2.  UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA 
  2.28  Subdivision 1.  To the board of regents
  2.29  of the University of Minnesota for the 
  2.30  purposes specified in this section                   48,308,000 
  2.31  Subd. 2.  Twin Cities - Minneapolis
  2.32  (a) Jones Hall                                        8,000,000
  2.33  To renovate Jones Hall on the 
  2.34  Minneapolis campus. 
  2.35  The board of regents may use the 
  2.36  single-phase design-build method 
  2.37  described in Minnesota Statutes, 
  2.38  section 16C.31, subdivision 6, 
  2.39  paragraph (c), to implement this 
  2.40  project. 
  2.41  (b) Translational Research Facility                  24,700,000
  3.1   To design, construct, furnish, and 
  3.2   equip the Translational Research 
  3.3   Facility, an addition to the Lyons 
  3.4   Research Lab building on the 
  3.5   Minneapolis campus. 
  3.6   This appropriation is not available 
  3.7   until the commissioner of finance has 
  3.8   determined that at least $12,300,000 
  3.9   has been committed from nonstate 
  3.10  sources.  
  3.11  The board of regents may use the 
  3.12  two-phase design-build method described 
  3.13  in Minnesota Statutes, section 16C.31, 
  3.14  to implement this project. 
  3.15  (c) Teaching and Technology Center                    3,000,000
  3.16  To predesign and design a teaching and 
  3.17  technology center for the Institute of 
  3.18  Technology. 
  3.19  Subd. 3.  Twin Cities - St. Paul                               
  3.20  Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory                      1,500,000
  3.21  To renovate and upgrade the veterinary 
  3.22  diagnostic laboratory to provide 
  3.23  additional laboratory space for a 
  3.24  veterinary molecular diagnostic 
  3.25  laboratory.  The renovation and upgrade 
  3.26  must include space for molecular 
  3.27  diagnostic testing for paratuberculosis 
  3.28  (Johne's disease), porcine reproductive 
  3.29  and respiratory syndrome virus in 
  3.30  swine, avian pneumovirus in turkeys, 
  3.31  bovine mastitis, and emerging and 
  3.32  foreign animal diseases. 
  3.33  Subd. 4.  Morris                                      8,600,000
  3.34  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  3.35  the social science building to correct 
  3.36  building code deficiencies, remodel the 
  3.37  interior, install new windows, upgrade 
  3.38  the building's mechanical and 
  3.39  electrical systems, replace the roof, 
  3.40  and construct an addition over the 
  3.41  existing auditorium wing to create 
  3.42  space for faculty offices, and to 
  3.43  install fire protection systems in 
  3.44  three student housing facilities. 
  3.45  This appropriation is not available 
  3.46  until the commissioner of finance has 
  3.47  determined that at least $400,000 has 
  3.48  been committed from nonstate sources. 
  3.49  Subd. 5.  Research and Outreach        
  3.50  Centers                                               2,508,000
  3.51  To acquire land and design, construct, 
  3.52  furnish, and equip facilities at 
  3.53  research and outreach centers.  
  3.54  Projects funded by this appropriation 
  3.55  include: 
  3.56  (1) research laboratory and office 
  3.57  space at the Northwest ROC at 
  3.58  Crookston; 
  4.1   (2) an addition to the aspen/larch 
  4.2   genetics laboratory at the North 
  4.3   Central ROC at Grand Rapids and 
  4.4   acquisition of land for the development 
  4.5   of two test planting sites to conduct 
  4.6   research on fast growing trees; 
  4.7   (3) an addition to the administration 
  4.8   building at the Southern ROC at Waseca; 
  4.9   and 
  4.10  (4) of this amount, $70,000 is to 
  4.11  construct an environmentally friendly 
  4.12  swine farrowing demonstration facility 
  4.13  at the West Central ROC, subject to 
  4.14  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695. 
  4.15  Subd. 6.  Debt Service
  4.16  (a) The board of regents shall pay the 
  4.17  debt service on one-third of the 
  4.18  principal amount of state bonds sold to 
  4.19  finance projects authorized by this 
  4.20  section, except that, where a nonstate 
  4.21  match is required, the debt service is 
  4.22  due on a principal amount equal to 
  4.23  one-third of the total project cost, 
  4.24  less the match committed before the 
  4.25  bonds are sold.  After each sale of 
  4.26  general obligation bonds, the 
  4.27  commissioner of finance shall notify 
  4.28  the board of regents of the amounts 
  4.29  assessed for each year for the life of 
  4.30  the bonds. 
  4.31  (b) The commissioner shall reduce the 
  4.32  board's assessment each year by 
  4.33  one-third of the net income from 
  4.34  investment of general obligation bond 
  4.35  proceeds in proportion to the amount of 
  4.36  principal and interest otherwise 
  4.37  required to be paid by the board.  The 
  4.38  board shall pay its resulting net 
  4.39  assessment to the commissioner of 
  4.40  finance by December 1 each year.  If 
  4.41  the board fails to make a payment when 
  4.42  due, the commissioner of finance shall 
  4.43  reduce allotments for appropriations 
  4.44  from the general fund otherwise 
  4.45  available to the board and apply the 
  4.46  amount of the reduction to cover the 
  4.47  missed debt service payment.  The 
  4.48  commissioner of finance shall credit 
  4.49  the payments received from the board to 
  4.50  the bond debt service account in the 
  4.51  state bond fund each December 1 before 
  4.52  money is transferred from the general 
  4.53  fund under Minnesota Statutes, section 
  4.54  16A.641, subdivision 10. 
  4.55  Subd. 7.  Contingencies                              
  4.56  The commissioner of finance must 
  4.57  combine into one account, under the 
  4.58  control of the board of regents, the 
  4.59  portion of each appropriation in this 
  4.60  section that is attributable to the 
  4.61  amount budgeted for contingencies for 
  4.62  projects in this section.  The board 
  4.63  must manage the account to pay for 
  4.64  exceptional but necessary costs of 
  5.1   projects authorized in this section.  
  5.2   Upon substantial completion or 
  5.3   abandonment of all projects authorized 
  5.4   in this section, the board must use any 
  5.5   funds remaining in the contingency 
  5.6   account for HEAPR under Minnesota 
  5.7   Statutes, section 135A.046.  The board 
  5.8   of regents must report by February 1 of 
  5.9   each even-numbered year to the chairs 
  5.10  of the house and senate committees with 
  5.11  jurisdiction over capital investments 
  5.12  and higher education finance, and to 
  5.13  the chairs of the house ways and means 
  5.14  committee and the senate finance 
  5.15  committee on how the money in the 
  5.16  contingency account has been allocated 
  5.17  or spent. 
  5.18  Sec. 3.  MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND 
  5.19  UNIVERSITIES 
  5.20  Subdivision 1.  To the board of trustees
  5.21  of the Minnesota state colleges and 
  5.22  universities for the purposes specified in
  5.23  this section                                         69,716,000
  5.24  Subd. 2.  Higher Education Asset
  5.25  Preservation and Replacement                         10,000,000
  5.26  (a) This appropriation is for the 
  5.27  purposes specified in Minnesota 
  5.28  Statutes, section 135A.046, including 
  5.29  safety and statutory compliance, 
  5.30  envelope integrity, mechanical systems, 
  5.31  and space restoration.  
  5.32  (b) The unspent portion of an 
  5.33  appropriation, but not to exceed ten 
  5.34  percent of the appropriation, for a 
  5.35  project in this section that is 
  5.36  complete, is available for higher 
  5.37  education asset preservation and 
  5.38  replacement under this subdivision, at 
  5.39  the same campus as the project for 
  5.40  which the original appropriation was 
  5.41  made and the debt service requirement 
  5.42  under subdivision 20 is reduced 
  5.43  accordingly.  Minnesota Statutes, 
  5.44  section 16A.642, applies from the date 
  5.45  of the original appropriation to the 
  5.46  unspent amount transferred. 
  5.47  Subd. 3.  Bemidji State University                    1,000,000 
  5.48  To design the colocation of the 
  5.49  emerging technologies and health care 
  5.50  programs of Bemidji state university 
  5.51  and Northwest technical college. 
  5.52  Subd. 4.  Dakota Technical College                      500,000
  5.53  To design the renovation of the west 
  5.54  side of the main campus facility to 
  5.55  create an information technology and 
  5.56  telecommunications center of excellence 
  5.57  and an integrated library and library 
  5.58  information technology center. 
  5.59  Subd. 5.  Fergus Falls                 
  5.60  Community College                                       760,000
  6.1   To design, construct, furnish, and 
  6.2   equip an expansion of the existing 
  6.3   maintenance shop. 
  6.4   To design an addition to link 
  6.5   Administration and Fine Arts to provide 
  6.6   a one-stop student service shop, smart 
  6.7   classrooms, open computer laboratories; 
  6.8   design renovation to provide space for 
  6.9   technology support next to the library; 
  6.10  and design asset preservation work. 
  6.11  Subd. 6.  Hennepin Technical College                  2,000,000
  6.12  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  6.13  existing space at the Brooklyn Park and 
  6.14  Eden Prairie campuses.  
  6.15  Subd. 7.  Inver Hills Community
  6.16  College                                                 500,000
  6.17  To design renovation of existing space 
  6.18  and construction of an addition to 
  6.19  create a one-stop student services 
  6.20  shop; enlarge and colocate central 
  6.21  services, the bookstore, and a new 
  6.22  loading dock; upgrade mechanical 
  6.23  systems; and provide a welcoming front 
  6.24  door and help desk for the campus. 
  6.25  Subd. 8.  Lake Superior Community      
  6.26  and Technical College                                   700,000
  6.27  To design a student center addition to 
  6.28  house a consolidated system of student 
  6.29  services, smart classrooms, and open 
  6.30  laboratories. 
  6.31  Subd. 9.  Minnesota State University - 
  6.32  Mankato - Phase 3                                     8,400,000
  6.33  To renovate, furnish, and equip Otto 
  6.34  Arena and adjacent areas to provide a 
  6.35  student fitness facility. 
  6.36  Subd. 10.  Minnesota West Community and
  6.37  Technical College at Worthington                      6,300,000
  6.38  To design, construct, furnish, and 
  6.39  equip a one-stop student services shop 
  6.40  and welcome counter addition. 
  6.41  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  6.42  two science laboratories and associated 
  6.43  preparation, storage, and office spaces.
  6.44  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  6.45  consolidated nursing and allied health 
  6.46  department and other classroom spaces. 
  6.47  Subd. 11.  Northeast Higher Education  
  6.48  District - Virginia                                   5,496,000
  6.49  To design, renovate, and equip science 
  6.50  laboratories, a learning resource 
  6.51  center, a student commons, and 
  6.52  classrooms, including technology 
  6.53  equipped classrooms, and construct new 
  6.54  loading dock and driveway. 
  6.55  Subd. 12.  Northwest Technical College -     
  7.1   Moorhead Campus                                         400,000
  7.2   To design the renovation of existing 
  7.3   facilities and design new facilities 
  7.4   for an allied health and applied 
  7.5   technology laboratory and support 
  7.6   facilities. 
  7.7   Subd. 13.  Ridgewater Community and
  7.8   Technical College                                     2,880,000
  7.9   To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  7.10  existing chemistry, physics, and 
  7.11  biology laboratories and convert a 
  7.12  classroom into a geology laboratory on 
  7.13  the Willmar campus.  
  7.14  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  7.15  interior space to convert obsolete 
  7.16  applied laboratory space on the 
  7.17  Hutchinson campus into chemistry, 
  7.18  physics, and biology laboratories. 
  7.19  Subd. 14.  South Central Technical                              
  7.20  College                                                 300,000
  7.21  To design renovation of teaching 
  7.22  laboratories at the North Mankato 
  7.23  campus and design asset preservation at 
  7.24  the Faribault campus. 
  7.25  Subd. 15.  Southeast Technical
  7.26  College                                                 580,000
  7.27  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  7.28  a one-stop student services area and 
  7.29  workforce center entrance at Winona. 
  7.30  To design the renovation of a one-stop 
  7.31  student services area and student 
  7.32  center entrance at Red Wing. 
  7.33  Subd. 16.  Southwest State University                 9,200,000 
  7.34  To renovate and reconfigure, furnish, 
  7.35  and equip the library and construct a 
  7.36  new entrance. 
  7.37  Subd. 17.  St. Cloud State University                10,000,000 
  7.38  To design the renovation of Centennial 
  7.39  Hall and to renovate, furnish, and 
  7.40  equip the renovation of Centennial Hall 
  7.41  and its conversion from library to 
  7.42  classroom use and to design the code 
  7.43  correction and renovation of Riverview 
  7.44  Hall.  This appropriation may also be 
  7.45  used for design of the renovation of 
  7.46  Brown Hall and Eastman Hall. 
  7.47  Subd. 18.  St. Cloud Technical College                  700,000
  7.48  To design the construction of a 
  7.49  multistory building connected to the 
  7.50  existing facility and the renovation of 
  7.51  part of "G" wing. 
  7.52  Subd. 19.  Land Acquisition                          10,000,000
  7.53  To acquire real property near the state 
  7.54  college and university campuses from 
  8.1   willing sellers. 
  8.2   Subd. 20.  Debt Service
  8.3   (a) The board shall pay the debt 
  8.4   service on one-third of the principal 
  8.5   amount of state bonds sold to finance 
  8.6   projects authorized by this section, 
  8.7   except that, where a nonstate match is 
  8.8   required, the debt service is due on a 
  8.9   principal amount equal to one-third of 
  8.10  the total project cost, less the match 
  8.11  committed before the bonds are sold.  
  8.12  After each sale of general obligation 
  8.13  bonds, the commissioner of finance 
  8.14  shall notify the board of the amounts 
  8.15  assessed for each year for the life of 
  8.16  the bonds. 
  8.17  (b) The commissioner shall reduce the 
  8.18  board's assessment each year by 
  8.19  one-third of the net income from 
  8.20  investment of general obligation bond 
  8.21  proceeds in proportion to the amount of 
  8.22  principal and interest otherwise 
  8.23  required to be paid by the board.  The 
  8.24  board shall pay its resulting net 
  8.25  assessment to the commissioner of 
  8.26  finance by December 1 each year.  If 
  8.27  the board fails to make a payment when 
  8.28  due, the commissioner of finance shall 
  8.29  reduce allotments for appropriations 
  8.30  from the general fund otherwise 
  8.31  available to the board and apply the 
  8.32  amount of the reduction to cover the 
  8.33  missed debt service payment.  The 
  8.34  commissioner of finance shall credit 
  8.35  the payments received from the board to 
  8.36  the bond debt service account in the 
  8.37  state bond fund each December 1 before 
  8.38  money is transferred from the general 
  8.39  fund under Minnesota Statutes, section 
  8.40  16A.641, subdivision 10. 
  8.41  Subd. 21.  Contingencies                                        
  8.42  The commissioner of finance must 
  8.43  combine into one account, under the 
  8.44  control of the board of trustees, the 
  8.45  portion of each appropriation in this 
  8.46  section that is attributable to the 
  8.47  amount budgeted for contingencies for 
  8.48  projects in this section.  The board 
  8.49  must manage the account to pay for 
  8.50  exceptional but necessary costs of 
  8.51  projects authorized in this section.  
  8.52  Upon substantial completion or 
  8.53  abandonment of all projects authorized 
  8.54  in this section, the board must use any 
  8.55  funds remaining in the contingency 
  8.56  account for HEAPR under Minnesota 
  8.57  Statutes, section 135A.046.  The board 
  8.58  of trustees must report by February 1 
  8.59  of each even-numbered year to the 
  8.60  chairs of the house and senate 
  8.61  committees with jurisdiction over 
  8.62  capital investments and higher 
  8.63  education finance, and to the chairs of 
  8.64  the house ways and means committee and 
  8.65  the senate finance committee on how the 
  8.66  money in the contingency account has 
  9.1   been allocated or spent. 
  9.2   Sec. 4.  CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND LEARNING 
  9.3   Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of
  9.4   children, families, and learning for the
  9.5   purposes specified in this section                   25,700,000
  9.6   Subd. 2.  Southwest Integration 
  9.7   Magnet Schools                                        1,000,000
  9.8   For a grant in accordance with the 
  9.9   metropolitan magnet school grant 
  9.10  program under Minnesota Statutes, 
  9.11  section 124D.88, to the West Metro 
  9.12  Education Program joint powers board to 
  9.13  acquire land, prepare a site, 
  9.14  predesign, and design a new building 
  9.15  for the Southwest Integration Magnet 
  9.16  School in St. Louis Park, to serve a 
  9.17  population of approximately 500 
  9.18  kindergarten through grade 8 students. 
  9.19  Subd. 3.  Library Access Grants                       1,000,000 
  9.20  For library access grants under 
  9.21  Minnesota Statutes, section 134.45, to 
  9.22  remove architectural barriers from a 
  9.23  library building or site. 
  9.24  Subd. 4.  Minnesota         
  9.25  Planetarium                                           9,500,000
  9.26  For a grant to the city of Minneapolis 
  9.27  to design, construct, furnish, and 
  9.28  equip a new Minnesota planetarium, 
  9.29  subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
  9.30  16A.695. 
  9.31  This appropriation is not available 
  9.32  until the commissioner has determined 
  9.33  that at least an equal amount has been 
  9.34  committed from nonstate sources.  The 
  9.35  proportional share of the in-kind 
  9.36  contributions for the planetarium of 
  9.37  land, parking facilities, skyways, and 
  9.38  municipal infrastructure for the 
  9.39  planetarium may be counted as part of 
  9.40  the match.  The proportional share of 
  9.41  the costs to the city of constructing 
  9.42  mechanical and electrical systems, 
  9.43  common areas, service areas, freight 
  9.44  elevators, and walls and roofs for the 
  9.45  planetarium shared with the Minneapolis 
  9.46  library and included in the costs of 
  9.47  constructing the library may also be 
  9.48  counted as part of the match. 
  9.49  The legislature intends not to 
  9.50  appropriate additional money to 
  9.51  construct the planetarium until at 
  9.52  least $4,000,000 in cash contributions 
  9.53  have been committed to the project from 
  9.54  other than state or local government 
  9.55  funds. 
  9.56  Subd. 5.  Asian Community Center                      1,000,000
  9.57  For a grant to the city of St. Paul to 
  9.58  design, construct, furnish, and equip 
  9.59  an Asian community center, subject to 
 10.1   Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695. 
 10.2   This appropriation is not available 
 10.3   until the commissioner has determined 
 10.4   that at least an equal amount has been 
 10.5   committed from nonstate sources. 
 10.6   Subd. 6.  Colin Powell Youth
 10.7   Leadership Center                                       700,000
 10.8   For a grant to Hennepin county to 
 10.9   acquire land for and to design, 
 10.10  construct, furnish, and equip the Colin 
 10.11  Powell Youth Leadership center in 
 10.12  Minneapolis, subject to Minnesota 
 10.13  Statutes, section 16A.695.  The center 
 10.14  will include a national guard drill 
 10.15  area; an education wing, including a 
 10.16  computer lab; a multipurpose arts 
 10.17  facility; a community education space; 
 10.18  a nutrition education and cooking 
 10.19  skills work-preparation area; and four 
 10.20  new basketball courts. 
 10.21  This appropriation is not available 
 10.22  until the commissioner has determined 
 10.23  that at least an equal amount has been 
 10.24  committed from nonstate sources. 
 10.25  Subd. 7.  Paul and Sheila Wellstone 
 10.26  Center for Community Building                         5,000,000
 10.27  For a grant to the city of St. Paul to 
 10.28  acquire land for and to design, 
 10.29  construct, furnish, and equip the Paul 
 10.30  and Sheila Wellstone center for 
 10.31  community building.  The city may enter 
 10.32  into a lease or management agreement 
 10.33  for the center, subject to Minnesota 
 10.34  Statutes, section 16A.695. 
 10.35  This appropriation is not available 
 10.36  until the commissioner has determined 
 10.37  that at least an equal amount has been 
 10.38  committed from nonstate sources.  
 10.39  Subd. 8.  Trollwood                    
 10.40  Performing Arts School                                5,500,000
 10.41  For a grant to the city of Moorhead to 
 10.42  acquire land for and to design, 
 10.43  construct, furnish, and equip Trollwood 
 10.44  Arts Village in the city of Moorhead, 
 10.45  subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
 10.46  16A.695.  Trollwood must be available 
 10.47  to regional arts groups. 
 10.48  This appropriation is not available 
 10.49  until the commissioner has determined 
 10.50  that at least an equal amount has been 
 10.51  committed from nonstate sources. 
 10.52  Subd. 9.  Early Childhood Learning                              
 10.53  and Child Protection Facilities                       2,000,000 
 10.54  For grants to construct or rehabilitate 
 10.55  facilities for programs under Minnesota 
 10.56  Statutes, section 119A.45. 
 10.57  Sec. 5.  NATURAL RESOURCES 
 11.1   Subdivision 1.  To the 
 11.2   commissioner of natural resources 
 11.3   for the purposes specified
 11.4   in this section                                      35,317,000
 11.5   Subd. 2.  State Park Initiative                       4,500,000
 11.6   $1,600,000 is for improvements and 
 11.7   betterments of a capital nature to 
 11.8   develop the Big Bog state recreation 
 11.9   area, including constructing, 
 11.10  furnishing, and equipping a visitors 
 11.11  center. 
 11.12  $2,900,000 is for improvements and 
 11.13  betterments of a capital nature to 
 11.14  develop the Red River state recreation 
 11.15  area, including construction of a 
 11.16  visitors center. 
 11.17  Subd. 3.  State Park and Recreation Area
 11.18  Acquisition                                           3,000,000 
 11.19  For acquisition of land under Minnesota 
 11.20  Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 
 11.21  2, from willing sellers of private 
 11.22  lands within state park and recreation 
 11.23  area boundaries established by law. 
 11.24  Subd. 4.  Metro Regional Park Acquisition    
 11.25  and Betterment                                        2,700,000
 11.26  For a grant to the metropolitan council 
 11.27  to complete renovation of the Como Park 
 11.28  conservatory under phase 2.  The 
 11.29  project must include renovation of the 
 11.30  fern room and construction of a bonsai 
 11.31  collection space, an orchid growing and 
 11.32  display house, and a children's 
 11.33  activity zone, as well as corridors and 
 11.34  connections to the education resource 
 11.35  building. 
 11.36  Subd. 5.  Regional Parks:   
 11.37  Greater Minnesota                                     4,000,000
 11.38  For grants to public regional parks 
 11.39  organizations located outside the 
 11.40  metropolitan area as defined in 
 11.41  Minnesota Statutes, section 473.121, 
 11.42  subdivision 2, to acquire land, design, 
 11.43  and construct and redevelop regional 
 11.44  parks and trails, open space, and 
 11.45  recreational facilities.  The 
 11.46  improvements must be of a capital 
 11.47  nature.  A greater Minnesota regional 
 11.48  parks organization with a project 
 11.49  previously funded through the regional 
 11.50  parks program, whether with bond funds 
 11.51  or other funds, at less than the total 
 11.52  eligible amount may reapply for the 
 11.53  total eligible amount from this 
 11.54  appropriation.  If it is awarded, the 
 11.55  organization must return the original 
 11.56  grant award.  Each $3 of state grants 
 11.57  must be matched by $2 of nonstate funds.
 11.58  Subd. 6.  Reforestation                               1,500,000
 11.59  For improvements authorized under the 
 11.60  Minnesota Constitution, article XI, 
 12.1   section 5, clause (f).  To increase 
 12.2   reforestation activities to meet the 
 12.3   reforestation requirements of Minnesota 
 12.4   Statutes, section 89.002, subdivision 
 12.5   2, including planting, seeding, site 
 12.6   preparation, purchasing tree seeds and 
 12.7   seedlings, improving forest stands, and 
 12.8   protecting plantations. 
 12.9   Subd. 7.  State Forest Land Acquisition                 500,000
 12.10  To acquire private lands from willing 
 12.11  sellers within established boundaries 
 12.12  of state forests throughout the state 
 12.13  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 12.14  86A.05, subdivision 7. 
 12.15  Subd. 8.  State Trail Acquisition     
 12.16  and Development                                       2,750,000
 12.17  To acquire, develop, and renovate state 
 12.18  trails as specified in Minnesota 
 12.19  Statutes, section 85.015. 
 12.20  $725,000 is for the Gitchi-Gami trail. 
 12.21  $450,000 is for the Shooting Star trail.
 12.22  $600,000 is for a grant to the city of 
 12.23  Austin to acquire land for the Blazing 
 12.24  Star trail. 
 12.25  $475,000 is for the Goodhue Pioneer 
 12.26  trail. 
 12.27  $500,000 is to connect the portions of 
 12.28  the Paul Bunyan trail in the city of 
 12.29  Bemidji, including constructing an 
 12.30  underpass.  This appropriation is not 
 12.31  available until the commissioner has 
 12.32  determined that an equal amount has 
 12.33  been committed by the city of Bemidji.  
 12.34  Subd. 9.  Trail Connections                            1,857,000
 12.35  For matching grants under Minnesota 
 12.36  Statutes, section 85.019, subdivision 
 12.37  4c, including a grant to the city of 
 12.38  St. Louis Park to design and construct 
 12.39  a grade separated pedestrian and 
 12.40  regional trail crossing over CSAH No. 
 12.41  25/Trunk Highway 7 at Trunk Highway 100 
 12.42  to connect the Cedar Lake Regional 
 12.43  Trail and the Southwest LRT Regional 
 12.44  Trail, a grant to the city of New Ulm 
 12.45  to connect the city trail to Flandrau 
 12.46  state park, and a grant to Stearns 
 12.47  county for the Lake Koronis trail.  
 12.48  The commissioner shall determine other 
 12.49  project priorities as appropriate based 
 12.50  on need. 
 12.51  Subd. 10.  Metro Greenways and Natural                          
 12.52  Areas                                                  1,000,000 
 12.53  To provide grants to local units of 
 12.54  government for acquisition or 
 12.55  betterment of greenways and natural 
 12.56  areas in the metro region and to 
 12.57  acquire greenways and natural areas in 
 13.1   the metro region through the purchase 
 13.2   of conservation easements or fee 
 13.3   titles.  The commissioner shall 
 13.4   determine the project priorities and 
 13.5   shall consult with representatives of 
 13.6   local units of government, nonprofit 
 13.7   organizations, and other interested 
 13.8   parties.  
 13.9   Subd. 11.  Lewis and Clark             
 13.10  Rural Water System                                      180,000
 13.11  This appropriation is from the general 
 13.12  fund. 
 13.13  For a grant to the Lewis and Clark 
 13.14  joint powers board to acquire land for, 
 13.15  and to predesign, design, construct, 
 13.16  furnish, and equip, a rural water 
 13.17  system to serve southwestern 
 13.18  Minnesota.  This appropriation is 
 13.19  available when matched by $8 of federal 
 13.20  money and $1 of local money for each $1 
 13.21  of state money. 
 13.22  Subd. 12.  Red Rock Rural 
 13.23  Water System                                            125,000 
 13.24  For a grant to the Red Rock rural water 
 13.25  system to acquire land, predesign, 
 13.26  design, construct, and equip the 
 13.27  southwest Minnesota regional water 
 13.28  supply project.  This appropriation is 
 13.29  not available until at least an equal 
 13.30  amount of nonstate money has been 
 13.31  committed to the project. 
 13.32  Subd. 13.  Dam Improvements                           1,150,000
 13.33  Of this amount, up to $100,000 is for a 
 13.34  grant to Blue Earth county for 
 13.35  renovation of the Rapidan dam.  This 
 13.36  grant is not available until at least 
 13.37  an equal amount is committed to the 
 13.38  project from nonstate sources. 
 13.39  Up to $1,050,000 is for a grant to the 
 13.40  city of Crookston for phases 2 and 3 of 
 13.41  the Red Lake River restoration and 
 13.42  habitat improvement project. 
 13.43  Subd. 14.  Flood Hazard Mitigation Grants             2,655,000 
 13.44  For the state share of flood hazard 
 13.45  mitigation grants for publicly owned 
 13.46  capital improvements to prevent or 
 13.47  alleviate flood damage under Minnesota 
 13.48  Statutes, section 103F.161. 
 13.49  This appropriation includes money for 
 13.50  the following projects:  Warren, Hay 
 13.51  Creek, and the Marsh Creek project in 
 13.52  the Wild Rice River watershed district. 
 13.53  To the extent that the cost of the 
 13.54  project in Warren exceeds two percent 
 13.55  of the median household income in the 
 13.56  municipality multiplied by the number 
 13.57  of households in the municipality, this 
 13.58  appropriation is also for the local 
 13.59  share of the project. 
 14.1   Subd. 15.  Stream Protection
 14.2   and Restoration                                       1,000,000
 14.3   For the design and implementation of 
 14.4   stream restoration projects that employ 
 14.5   natural channel design principles. 
 14.6   Subd. 16.  Water Access
 14.7   Acquisition and Development                           1,500,000
 14.8   For public water access acquisition, 
 14.9   construction, and renovation to capital 
 14.10  projects on lakes and rivers, including 
 14.11  construction of a fishing pier at Blue 
 14.12  Mound state park and other water access 
 14.13  through the provision of fishing piers 
 14.14  and shoreline access under Minnesota 
 14.15  Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 9.
 14.16  Subd. 17.  Lake Superior
 14.17  Safe Harbor                                           1,100,000
 14.18  To complete construction of the public 
 14.19  access at McQuade Road on Lake Superior 
 14.20  in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps 
 14.21  of Engineers and the joint powers board 
 14.22  made up of the city of Duluth, St. 
 14.23  Louis county, the town of Duluth, and 
 14.24  the town of Lakewood. 
 14.25  Subd. 18.  Fish Hatchery
 14.26  Improvements                                            300,000
 14.27  For improvements of a capital nature to 
 14.28  design, construct, renovate, furnish, 
 14.29  and equip fish culture facilities under 
 14.30  Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.045, 
 14.31  subdivision 1. 
 14.32  Subd. 19.  Fisheries Acquisition 
 14.33  and Improvement                                         500,000
 14.34  To acquire aquatic management areas and 
 14.35  to make public improvements and 
 14.36  betterments of a capital nature to fish 
 14.37  habitat under Minnesota Statutes, 
 14.38  section 86A.05, subdivision 14.  
 14.39  Subd. 20.  Scientific and Natural Area                 
 14.40  Acquisition and Improvement                           2,500,000
 14.41  To acquire land for scientific and 
 14.42  natural areas and for development, 
 14.43  protection, or improvements of a 
 14.44  capital nature to scientific and 
 14.45  natural areas throughout the state 
 14.46  under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
 14.47  84.033 and 86A.05, subdivision 5.  
 14.48  Up to $1,500,000 is to acquire and make 
 14.49  improvements of a capital nature to 
 14.50  restore and develop the Seminary fen in 
 14.51  the Assumption creek watershed in 
 14.52  Carver county.  The commissioner shall 
 14.53  manage the Seminary fen in accordance 
 14.54  with Minnesota Statutes, chapter 86A, 
 14.55  in part as an aquatic management area, 
 14.56  in part as a scientific and natural 
 14.57  area, and in part as a wildlife 
 14.58  management area. 
 15.1   Subd. 21.  Natural and Scenic Area      
 15.2   Land Acquisition Grants                               1,000,000
 15.3   For matching grants to local units of 
 15.4   government to acquire and better local 
 15.5   natural and scenic areas under 
 15.6   Minnesota Statutes, section 85.019, 
 15.7   subdivision 4a.  The commissioner shall 
 15.8   determine project priorities as 
 15.9   appropriate based on project 
 15.10  significance and need. 
 15.11  Subd. 22.  Native Prairie    
 15.12  Bank Easements                                        1,000,000
 15.13  For acquisition of native prairie bank 
 15.14  easements under Minnesota Statutes, 
 15.15  section 84.96. 
 15.16  Subd. 23.  National Eagle Center                        500,000
 15.17  To the commissioner of administration 
 15.18  for a grant to the city of Wabasha to 
 15.19  construct the National Eagle Center.  
 15.20  The city of Wabasha may enter into a 
 15.21  lease or management agreement with a 
 15.22  nonprofit corporation under Minnesota 
 15.23  Statutes, section 16A.695.  This 
 15.24  appropriation is not available until at 
 15.25  least $1,000,000 has been committed 
 15.26  from nonstate sources. 
 15.27  Sec. 6.  OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANCE
 15.28  Subdivision 1.  To the office of environmental
 15.29  assistance for the purposes specified
 15.30  in this section                                       3,600,000
 15.31  Subd. 2.  Solid Waste Capital          
 15.32  Assistance Grants                                     3,600,000
 15.33  To the office of environmental 
 15.34  assistance for the solid waste capital 
 15.35  assistance grants program under 
 15.36  Minnesota Statutes, section 115A.54.  
 15.37  Grants from this appropriation must be 
 15.38  awarded to applicants whose 
 15.39  applications were on file with the 
 15.40  office before January 1, 2002.  The 
 15.41  office must give priority for grants to 
 15.42  projects that expand processing 
 15.43  capacity. 
 15.44  Sec. 7.  BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES 
 15.45  Subdivision 1.  To the board 
 15.46  of water and soil resources for the 
 15.47  purposes specified in this section                    8,250,000 
 15.48  Subd. 2.  RIM Conservation
 15.49  Easements                                             2,000,000 
 15.50  This appropriation is to acquire 
 15.51  conservation easements from landowners 
 15.52  on marginal lands to protect soil and 
 15.53  water quality and to support fish and 
 15.54  wildlife habitat as provided in 
 15.55  Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.515. 
 15.56  Subd. 3.  Shoreland Protection           
 15.57  Program                                                 750,000
 16.1   To acquire conservation easements in 
 16.2   environmentally sensitive lake and 
 16.3   river shoreland areas from private 
 16.4   landowners.  The board may award grants 
 16.5   to local soil and water conservation 
 16.6   districts and participating local units 
 16.7   of government to accomplish the 
 16.8   purposes of this program in accordance 
 16.9   with Minnesota Statutes, section 
 16.10  103F.225.  
 16.11  $100,000 of this amount may be used to 
 16.12  administer the program. 
 16.13  Subd. 4.  Wetland Replacement          
 16.14  Due to Public Road Projects                           2,700,000
 16.15  To acquire land for wetlands or restore 
 16.16  wetlands to be used to replace wetlands 
 16.17  drained or filled as a result of the 
 16.18  repair, maintenance, or rehabilitation 
 16.19  of existing public roads as required by 
 16.20  Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.222, 
 16.21  subdivision 1, paragraph (l). 
 16.22  The purchase price paid for acquisition 
 16.23  of land, fee, or perpetual easement 
 16.24  must be the fair market value as 
 16.25  determined by the board.  The board may 
 16.26  enter into agreements with the federal 
 16.27  government, other state agencies, 
 16.28  political subdivisions, and nonprofit 
 16.29  organizations or fee owners to acquire 
 16.30  land and restore and create wetlands 
 16.31  and to acquire existing wetland banking 
 16.32  credits with money provided by this 
 16.33  appropriation.  Acquisition of or the 
 16.34  conveyance of land may be in the name 
 16.35  of the political subdivision. 
 16.36  Subd. 5.  Lazarus Creek                               1,500,000
 16.37  For a grant to Area II Minnesota River 
 16.38  Basin Projects, Inc. for construction 
 16.39  of the LQP-25/Lazarus Creek floodwater 
 16.40  retention project.  The grant may not 
 16.41  exceed 75 percent of the project's 
 16.42  cost.  The remaining share must be 
 16.43  provided by Area II Minnesota River 
 16.44  Basin Projects, Inc. 
 16.45  Subd. 6.  Stillwater - 
 16.46  Brown's Creek                                         1,300,000
 16.47  For a grant to the city of Stillwater 
 16.48  to provide environmental protection 
 16.49  capital improvements for Brown's Creek. 
 16.50  Sec. 8.  AGRICULTURE                                          
 16.51  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of
 16.52  administration for the purposes 
 16.53  specified in this section                               292,000
 16.54  Subd. 2.  Expansion of Metro           
 16.55  Greenhouse and Storage Bay                              292,000
 16.56  To design, construct, furnish, and 
 16.57  equip an expansion of the greenhouse 
 16.58  facility owned by the department of 
 17.1   agriculture on the campus of 
 17.2   Metropolitan State University in St. 
 17.3   Paul. 
 17.4   Sec. 9.  MINNESOTA ZOOLOGICAL
 17.5   GARDENS                                              
 17.6   Subdivision 1.  To the Minnesota 
 17.7   Zoological Gardens for the purposes 
 17.8   specified in this section                             8,184,000
 17.9   Subd. 2.  Phase 1 of Master Plan                      8,184,000
 17.10  To plan, design, construct, furnish, 
 17.11  and equip zoo facilities consistent 
 17.12  with phase 1 of the facilities and 
 17.13  business master plan for the Gateway to 
 17.14  the North Trail.  Up to $1,000,000 of 
 17.15  this appropriation may be used to 
 17.16  design other components of Phase 1.  
 17.17  This appropriation is not available 
 17.18  until the commissioner of finance has 
 17.19  determined that additional money at 
 17.20  least equal to 25 percent of the 
 17.21  appropriated amount has been committed 
 17.22  to the project from nonstate sources.  
 17.23  Nonstate money spent after January 1, 
 17.24  2003, for phase 1 of the master plan 
 17.25  must be counted as meeting the match 
 17.26  requirement. 
 17.27  Sec. 10.  ADMINISTRATION 
 17.28  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner
 17.29  of administration for the purposes
 17.30  specified in this section                             4,991,000
 17.31  Subd. 2.  Renovate Governor's
 17.32  Residence                                             4,291,000
 17.33  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
 17.34  the Governor's residence in St. Paul.  
 17.35  $45,000 is from the general fund for 
 17.36  relocation expenses. 
 17.37  Subd. 3.  Government Services          
 17.38  Center                                                  700,000
 17.39  To predesign in Olmsted county a 
 17.40  government services facility to 
 17.41  colocate federal, state, and local 
 17.42  government offices, to the extent that 
 17.43  the predesign determines their 
 17.44  colocation to be feasible and 
 17.45  practical.  Participating agencies to 
 17.46  be evaluated in the predesign must 
 17.47  include, but need not be limited to, 
 17.48  the city of Rochester; Olmsted county; 
 17.49  the state departments of natural 
 17.50  resources, commerce, economic security, 
 17.51  health, pollution control, revenue, and 
 17.52  the board of water and soil resources; 
 17.53  and appropriate federal agencies. 
 17.54  Sec. 11.  AMATEUR SPORTS COMMISSION
 17.55  Subdivision 1.  To the amateur sports
 17.56  commission for the purposes specified
 17.57  in this section                                       8,250,000
 18.1   Subd. 2.  Sports Conference Center                    5,000,000
 18.2   To construct, furnish, and equip a 
 18.3   sports conference center on the campus 
 18.4   of the National Sports Center and for 
 18.5   related capital development costs, 
 18.6   subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
 18.7   16A.695. 
 18.8   Subd. 3.  National Volleyball
 18.9   Center - Phase 2                                      3,000,000
 18.10  To design, construct, furnish, and 
 18.11  equip Phase 2 of the National 
 18.12  Volleyball Center in Rochester. 
 18.13  Subd. 4.  Mount Itasca Biathlon
 18.14  Training Facility                                       250,000
 18.15  To complete construction of the Mount 
 18.16  Itasca biathlon training project.  This 
 18.17  appropriation is not available until at 
 18.18  least an equal amount has been 
 18.19  committed to the project from nonstate 
 18.20  sources. 
 18.21  Sec. 12.  ARTS                                                 
 18.22  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of
 18.23  administration for the purposes specified
 18.24  in this section                                      32,000,000
 18.25  Subd. 2.  Bloomington -               
 18.26  Bloomington Center for the Arts                       1,000,000
 18.27  This appropriation is from the general 
 18.28  fund. 
 18.29  For a grant to the city of Bloomington 
 18.30  to furnish and equip a new multipurpose 
 18.31  public arts facility to facilitate the 
 18.32  economic development, education, and 
 18.33  cultural activities in the city of 
 18.34  Bloomington that will serve the 
 18.35  southern and southwest metropolitan 
 18.36  areas. 
 18.37  This appropriation is not available 
 18.38  until the commissioner has determined 
 18.39  that at least an equal amount has been 
 18.40  committed from nonstate sources. 
 18.41  Subd. 3.  Minneapolis -
 18.42  Children's Theatre Company                            5,000,000
 18.43  For a grant to Hennepin county to 
 18.44  design, construct, furnish, and equip 
 18.45  an expansion of the Children's Theatre 
 18.46  Company's current facility.  Hennepin 
 18.47  county may enter into a lease or 
 18.48  management agreement for operation of 
 18.49  the theater, subject to Minnesota 
 18.50  Statutes, section 16A.695. 
 18.51  This appropriation is not available 
 18.52  until the commissioner has determined 
 18.53  that at least an equal amount has been 
 18.54  committed from nonstate sources. 
 18.55  Subd. 4.  Minneapolis -              
 18.56  Guthrie Theater                                      26,000,000
 19.1   For a grant to the Minneapolis 
 19.2   community development agency to acquire 
 19.3   and prepare a site for and to design, 
 19.4   construct, furnish, and equip a new 
 19.5   Guthrie Theater in the city of 
 19.6   Minneapolis.  The Minneapolis community 
 19.7   development agency may enter into a 
 19.8   lease or management agreement for the 
 19.9   theater, subject to Minnesota Statutes, 
 19.10  section 16A.695.  
 19.11  This appropriation is not available 
 19.12  until the commissioner has determined 
 19.13  that at least an equal amount has been 
 19.14  committed from nonstate sources. 
 19.15  Sec. 13.  MILITARY AFFAIRS 
 19.16  Subdivision 1.  To the adjutant
 19.17  general for the purposes specified
 19.18  in this section                                         500,000
 19.19  Subd. 2.  Camp Ripley Antiterrorism
 19.20  Facility                                                500,000
 19.21  For predesign of a joint military/law 
 19.22  enforcement antiterrorism training 
 19.23  facility at Camp Ripley. 
 19.24  Sec. 14.  TRANSPORTATION 
 19.25  Subdivision 1.  To the 
 19.26  commissioner of transportation for 
 19.27  the purposes specified in this section               57,500,000
 19.28  Subd. 2.  Local Road Improvement Program             20,000,000 
 19.29  Of this appropriation: 
 19.30  (1) $10,000,000 is for deposit in the 
 19.31  trunk highway corridor projects account 
 19.32  in the local road improvement fund 
 19.33  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 19.34  174.52, subdivision 2. 
 19.35  (2) $10,000,000 is for deposit in the 
 19.36  local road account for routes of 
 19.37  regional significance in the local road 
 19.38  improvement fund under Minnesota 
 19.39  Statutes, section 174.52, subdivision 4.
 19.40  Subd. 3.  Town Road Sign Replacement                  1,000,000 
 19.41  For grants to political subdivisions to 
 19.42  pay the local share of costs of town 
 19.43  road sign replacement under the Federal 
 19.44  Highway Administration's Hazard 
 19.45  Elimination Program.  Grants under this 
 19.46  subdivision may only be used for the 
 19.47  purchase of signs that conform to the 
 19.48  commissioner of transportation's 
 19.49  uniform manual of traffic control 
 19.50  devices, including applicable 
 19.51  reflective sheeting requirements, and 
 19.52  that have a useful life of at least 20 
 19.53  years. 
 19.54  Subd. 4.  Duluth Aerial               
 19.55  Lift Bridge                                           1,000,000
 20.1   For a grant to the city of Duluth for 
 20.2   capital restoration of the aerial lift 
 20.3   bridge.  This appropriation is 
 20.4   available when matched by $1 of money 
 20.5   secured or provided by the city of 
 20.6   Duluth for each $1 of state money. 
 20.7   Subd. 5.  Port Development Assistance                 3,000,000 
 20.8   For grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
 20.9   sections 457A.01 to 457A.06.  Any 
 20.10  improvements made with the proceeds of 
 20.11  these grants must be publicly owned. 
 20.12  Subd. 6.  Freight Access Improvements                 7,000,000
 20.13  Each grant is not available until the 
 20.14  commissioner has determined that at 
 20.15  least an equal amount has been 
 20.16  committed from any combination of 
 20.17  municipal state-aid money and nonstate 
 20.18  sources.  The state share may be 
 20.19  allocated to any one or more of the 
 20.20  project elements, with the nonstate 
 20.21  money used to complete any elements not 
 20.22  completed with state money. 
 20.23  $3,500,000 is for a grant to the city 
 20.24  of Savage to improve highway access to 
 20.25  the ports of Savage.  The improvements 
 20.26  may include local frontage roads, 
 20.27  access consolidations, road closures, 
 20.28  new signals, and acceleration and 
 20.29  deceleration lanes.  
 20.30  $3,500,000 is for a grant to the port 
 20.31  authority of Winona to construct 
 20.32  intermodal improvements at the Winona 
 20.33  harbor.  The improvements may include 
 20.34  commercial harbor dredging, overpass 
 20.35  construction, street widening, signal 
 20.36  installation, and intersection 
 20.37  reconstruction. 
 20.38  Subd. 7.  Greater Minnesota 
 20.39  Transit Facilities                                    2,000,000
 20.40  For capital assistance for greater 
 20.41  Minnesota transit systems to be used 
 20.42  for transit capital facilities.  Money 
 20.43  from this appropriation may be used to 
 20.44  pay up to 80 percent of the nonfederal 
 20.45  share of these facilities. 
 20.46  Subd. 8.  North Star Commuter Rail                   10,000,000
 20.47  To acquire real property and lease 
 20.48  right-of-way for, and to plan, design, 
 20.49  engineer, construct, and equip a 
 20.50  commuter rail line between the city of 
 20.51  Rice and downtown Minneapolis. 
 20.52  This appropriation must be spent for 
 20.53  purposes as set forth in the Minnesota 
 20.54  Constitution, article XI, section 5, 
 20.55  clause (a), to acquire and better 
 20.56  public lands and buildings and other 
 20.57  public improvements of a capital 
 20.58  nature, and for purposes as set forth 
 20.59  in the Minnesota Constitution, article 
 20.60  XI, section 5, clause (i), to improve 
 21.1   and rehabilitate railroad rights-of-way 
 21.2   and other rail facilities, whether 
 21.3   public or private. 
 21.4   Subd. 9.  Radio Communications
 21.5   Statewide System                                     13,000,000
 21.6   To design and construct the statewide 
 21.7   public safety radio communications 
 21.8   system infrastructure, coordinating it 
 21.9   with other state and local units of 
 21.10  government, and extending it to all of 
 21.11  the southeast district of the state 
 21.12  patrol, and into the central district 
 21.13  of the state patrol, with first 
 21.14  priority given to development in 
 21.15  Stearns, Sherburne, Benton, and Wright 
 21.16  counties, subject to the requirements 
 21.17  of Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695. 
 21.18  Subd. 10.  DM&E Working Group                           500,000
 21.19  This appropriation is from the general 
 21.20  fund and is for the purposes of Laws 
 21.21  2002, chapter 393, section 86. 
 21.22  Sec. 15.  METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
 21.23  Subdivision 1.  To the metropolitan 
 21.24  council for the purposes specified 
 21.25  in this section                                      10,500,000
 21.26  Subd. 2.  Livable Communities Grant
 21.27  Program                                               9,000,000
 21.28  For public infrastructure grants for 
 21.29  development and redevelopment projects 
 21.30  of the livable communities grant 
 21.31  program under Minnesota Statutes, 
 21.32  sections 473.25 to 473.255, as 
 21.33  applicable. 
 21.34  In development of the project, the 
 21.35  council shall:  
 21.36  (1) take into consideration livable 
 21.37  communities principles, including 
 21.38  support of housing production and 
 21.39  ensuring integration of land use and 
 21.40  transportation needs of communities 
 21.41  along the route of the busway; 
 21.42  (2) take advantage of any local funding 
 21.43  for the project that may be available; 
 21.44  and 
 21.45  (3) encourage citizen and stakeholder 
 21.46  participation in development of the 
 21.47  project. 
 21.48  Before soliciting any applications for 
 21.49  grants, the council must present its 
 21.50  proposed criteria for ranking projects 
 21.51  and the proposed application process to 
 21.52  the legislative commission on 
 21.53  metropolitan government for review and 
 21.54  recommendations.  Before making any 
 21.55  grant awards after receiving 
 21.56  applications for funding, the council 
 21.57  must present to the legislative 
 21.58  commission on metropolitan government, 
 22.1   for review and comment, a complete list 
 22.2   of applications received by the council 
 22.3   by the application deadline, the 
 22.4   council's ranking under the adopted 
 22.5   criteria, and the proposed funding 
 22.6   awards. 
 22.7   Subd. 3.  Park-and-Ride Facilities                      500,000 
 22.8   For land acquisition and construction 
 22.9   of park-and-ride facilities in the 
 22.10  seven-county metropolitan area outside 
 22.11  the transit taxing district defined in 
 22.12  Minnesota Statutes, section 473.446, 
 22.13  subdivision 2. 
 22.14  Subd. 4.  Central Corridor  
 22.15  Transitway                                            1,000,000
 22.16  For predesign, design, final 
 22.17  environmental impact statement, and 
 22.18  preliminary engineering of the Central 
 22.19  Corridor Transitway between the cities 
 22.20  of St. Paul and Minneapolis.  
 22.21  Sec. 16.  HEALTH                                        775,000
 22.22  To design and construct a community 
 22.23  dental clinic at Lake Superior 
 22.24  community college in Duluth and design 
 22.25  and renovate the Northwest technical 
 22.26  college dental hygiene clinic in 
 22.27  Moorhead, subject to Minnesota 
 22.28  Statutes, section 16A.695. 
 22.29  Sec. 17.  HUMAN SERVICES
 22.30  Subdivision 1.  To the 
 22.31  commissioner of administration 
 22.32  for the purposes specified 
 22.33  in this section                                       6,680,000
 22.34  Subd. 2.  Brainerd                   
 22.35  Regional Treatment Center                             6,305,000
 22.36  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
 22.37  the residential and program areas in 
 22.38  building No. 20. 
 22.39  Subd. 3.  People, Inc. 
 22.40  North Side Community Support Program                    375,000
 22.41  This appropriation is from the general 
 22.42  fund. 
 22.43  For a grant to the Minneapolis 
 22.44  Community Development Agency to 
 22.45  purchase, remodel, and complete 
 22.46  accessibility upgrades to an existing 
 22.47  building or to acquire land or 
 22.48  construct a building to be used by the 
 22.49  People, Inc. North Side Community 
 22.50  Support Program, which may provide 
 22.51  office space for state employees.  
 22.52  This grant is available when matched by 
 22.53  at least $175,000 from nonstate sources.
 22.54  Sec. 18.  CORRECTIONS 
 22.55  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of
 23.1   administration for the purposes specified
 23.2   in this section                                       1,550,000
 23.3   Subd. 2.  Bayport Storm Sewer                         1,550,000
 23.4   For a grant to the city of Bayport for 
 23.5   the Middle St. Croix River Watershed 
 23.6   Management organization to complete 
 23.7   construction of the sewer system 
 23.8   extending from Minnesota department of 
 23.9   natural resources pond 82-310P (the 
 23.10  prison pond) in Bayport through the 
 23.11  Stillwater prison grounds to the St. 
 23.12  Croix River. 
 23.13  Sec. 19.  TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
 23.14  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of
 23.15  trade and economic development or other
 23.16  named agency for the purposes
 23.17  specified in this section                            68,650,000
 23.18  Subd. 2.  Redevelopment Account                       4,000,000 
 23.19  For transfer to the redevelopment 
 23.20  account created in Minnesota Statutes, 
 23.21  section 116J.571.  This appropriation 
 23.22  is only available for grants to 
 23.23  projects located outside of the 
 23.24  seven-county metropolitan area. 
 23.25  $1,000,000 is for a grant to the city 
 23.26  of Little Falls for environmental 
 23.27  cleanup of the Hennepin Paper Company 
 23.28  property in the city of Little Falls.  
 23.29  No match is required for this grant. 
 23.30  Subd. 3.  Wastewater Infrastructure                            
 23.31  Funding Program                                      30,600,000 
 23.32  $600,000 of this appropriation is from 
 23.33  the general fund to administer the 
 23.34  wastewater infrastructure program. 
 23.35  To the public facilities authority for 
 23.36  grants to eligible municipalities under 
 23.37  the wastewater infrastructure program 
 23.38  established in Minnesota Statutes, 
 23.39  section 446A.072. 
 23.40  To the greatest practical extent, the 
 23.41  authority should use the grants for 
 23.42  projects on the 2002 project priority 
 23.43  list in priority order to qualified 
 23.44  applicants that submit plans and 
 23.45  specifications to the pollution control 
 23.46  agency or receive a funding commitment 
 23.47  from USDA rural development before 
 23.48  December 1, 2003. 
 23.49  $1,500,000 is for grants to the 
 23.50  Larsmont portion of the Knife 
 23.51  River-Larsmont sanitary district.  This 
 23.52  appropriation must be used to reduce 
 23.53  the amount of the municipality's loan 
 23.54  from the water pollution revolving fund 
 23.55  that exceeds five percent of the market 
 23.56  value of the properties in the project 
 23.57  service area.  This appropriation is in 
 23.58  addition to grants from other 
 23.59  appropriations. 
 24.1   Subd. 4.  Fairmont -                   
 24.2   Winnebago Avenue Sports Complex                         500,000
 24.3   For a grant to the city of Fairmont to 
 24.4   acquire land for, renovate, and expand 
 24.5   the Winnebago Avenue sports complex, 
 24.6   including reconfiguring two ball 
 24.7   fields, adding two ball fields, paving 
 24.8   a parking lot, and building other 
 24.9   amenities.  
 24.10  This appropriation is not available 
 24.11  until the commissioner has determined 
 24.12  that at least an equal amount has been 
 24.13  committed from nonstate sources. 
 24.14  Subd. 5.  Greater Minnesota Business
 24.15  Development Infrastructure Grant Program             12,000,000
 24.16  For grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
 24.17  section 116J.431. 
 24.18  Subd. 6.  Itasca County - Children's 
 24.19  Discovery Museum                                        300,000
 24.20  For a grant to Itasca county to design, 
 24.21  construct, furnish, and equip the 
 24.22  Children's Discovery Museum in Grand 
 24.23  Rapids.  The county may enter into a 
 24.24  lease or management agreement for the 
 24.25  center, subject to Minnesota Statutes, 
 24.26  section 16A.695.  This appropriation is 
 24.27  not available until the commissioner 
 24.28  has determined that at least an equal 
 24.29  amount has been committed from nonstate 
 24.30  sources. 
 24.31  Subd. 7.  Minneapolis -
 24.32  Empowerment Zone Projects                             3,000,000
 24.33  For a grant to the city of Minneapolis 
 24.34  to acquire land and to design, 
 24.35  construct, furnish, and equip public 
 24.36  infrastructure improvements in the 
 24.37  following empowerment zone projects:  
 24.38  the Near Northside redevelopment 
 24.39  project; the Chicago/Lake project; and 
 24.40  the South East Minneapolis industrial 
 24.41  redevelopment project. 
 24.42  This appropriation is not available 
 24.43  until the commissioner has determined 
 24.44  that at least an equal amount has been 
 24.45  committed from nonstate sources.  
 24.46  Subd. 8.  Olivia -                     
 24.47  Minnesota Center for Agricultural Innovation          1,000,000
 24.48  For a grant to the city of Olivia to 
 24.49  acquire land and to design, construct, 
 24.50  furnish, and equip the Minnesota Center 
 24.51  for Agricultural Innovation, subject to 
 24.52  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695. 
 24.53  This appropriation is not available 
 24.54  until the commissioner has determined 
 24.55  that at least an equal amount has been 
 24.56  committed from nonstate sources. 
 24.57  Subd. 9.  St. Cloud -                 
 24.58  Civic Center Expansion                                3,250,000
 25.1   For a grant to the city of St. Cloud 
 25.2   for asset preservation, land 
 25.3   acquisition, and to predesign, design, 
 25.4   construct, furnish, and equip the 
 25.5   expansion of the St. Cloud Civic Center.
 25.6   This appropriation is not available 
 25.7   until the commissioner has determined 
 25.8   that at least an equal amount has been 
 25.9   committed from nonstate sources. 
 25.10  Subd. 10.  St. Paul -                   
 25.11  Roy Wilkins Auditorium                                4,000,000
 25.12  For a grant to the city of St. Paul for 
 25.13  asset preservation of the Roy Wilkins 
 25.14  Center. 
 25.15  Subd. 11.  St. Paul-Phalen Boulevard                  8,000,000 
 25.16  For a grant to the city of St. Paul to 
 25.17  acquire land and to complete 
 25.18  contamination remediation on Phalen 
 25.19  Boulevard between I-35E and Johnson 
 25.20  Parkway.  This appropriation is not 
 25.21  available until the commissioner has 
 25.22  determined that at least an equal 
 25.23  amount has been committed from nonstate 
 25.24  sources.  
 25.25  Subd. 12.  St. Paul -                   
 25.26  2004 Renaissance Project                              2,000,000
 25.27  For a grant to the city of St. Paul to 
 25.28  design and construct river edge 
 25.29  improvements and make capital 
 25.30  improvements and betterments for a 
 25.31  public park on Raspberry Island. 
 25.32  This appropriation is not available 
 25.33  until the commissioner has determined 
 25.34  that at least an equal amount has been 
 25.35  committed from nonstate sources. 
 25.36  Sec. 20.  IRON RANGE RESOURCES AND     
 25.37  REHABILITATION BOARD                                  1,500,000
 25.38  To design, construct, furnish, and 
 25.39  equip Mesabi station as the central 
 25.40  guest services facility for the Mesabi 
 25.41  trail. 
 25.42  Sec. 21.  MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY 
 25.43  Subdivision 1.  To the Minnesota 
 25.44  Historical Society for the purposes 
 25.45  specified in this section                               725,000
 25.46  Subd. 2.  County and Local 
 25.47  Preservation Grants                                     300,000
 25.48  To be allocated to county and local 
 25.49  jurisdictions as matching money for 
 25.50  historic preservation projects of a 
 25.51  capital nature.  Grant recipients must 
 25.52  be public entities and must match state 
 25.53  funds on at least an equal basis.  The 
 25.54  facilities must be publicly owned.  
 25.55  Subd. 3.  Fort Belmont                                  200,000
 26.1   For a grant to Jackson county to 
 26.2   design, construct, furnish, and equip a 
 26.3   new site for historic Fort Belmont, 
 26.4   subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
 26.5   16A.695. 
 26.6   Subd. 4.  New Brighton                 
 26.7   Caboose and History Center                              100,000
 26.8   This appropriation is from the general 
 26.9   fund. 
 26.10  For a grant to the New Brighton area 
 26.11  historical society to renovate its 
 26.12  caboose and history center in Long Lake 
 26.13  Regional Park. 
 26.14  Subd. 5.  Pipestone County Museum                       125,000
 26.15  For a grant to the city of Pipestone to 
 26.16  design and construct an external shaft 
 26.17  and hoistway and install an elevator 
 26.18  adjacent to the Pipestone County Museum 
 26.19  and renovate a third-floor area to be 
 26.20  used as a community room and a museum 
 26.21  programs room, subject to Minnesota 
 26.22  Statutes, section 16A.695. 
 26.23  This appropriation is not available 
 26.24  until the commissioner of finance has 
 26.25  determined that at least an equal 
 26.26  amount has been committed from nonstate 
 26.27  sources.  
 26.28  Sec. 22.  BOND SALE EXPENSES                            402,000 
 26.29  To the commissioner of finance for bond 
 26.30  sale expenses under Minnesota Statutes, 
 26.31  section 16A.641, subdivision 8.  This 
 26.32  appropriation is from the bond proceeds 
 26.33  fund. 
 26.34   Sec. 23.  BOND SALE SCHEDULE   
 26.35  The commissioner of finance shall 
 26.36  schedule the sale of state general 
 26.37  obligation bonds so that, during the 
 26.38  biennium ending June 30, 2005, no more 
 26.39  than $704,621,000 will need to be 
 26.40  transferred from the general fund to 
 26.41  the state bond fund to pay principal 
 26.42  and interest due and to become due on 
 26.43  outstanding state general obligation 
 26.44  bonds.  During the biennium, before 
 26.45  each sale of state general obligation 
 26.46  bonds, the commissioner of finance 
 26.47  shall calculate the amount of debt 
 26.48  service payments needed on bonds 
 26.49  previously issued and shall estimate 
 26.50  the amount of debt service payments 
 26.51  that will be needed on the bonds 
 26.52  scheduled to be sold.  The commissioner 
 26.53  shall adjust the amount of bonds 
 26.54  scheduled to be sold so as to remain 
 26.55  within the limit set by this section.  
 26.56  The amount needed to make the debt 
 26.57  service payments is appropriated from 
 26.58  the general fund as provided in 
 26.59  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641.  
 26.60     Sec. 24.  [BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.] 
 27.1      To provide the money appropriated in this article from the 
 27.2   bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of finance shall sell and 
 27.3   issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $390,590,000 in the 
 27.4   manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by 
 27.5   Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the 
 27.6   Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.  
 27.7      Sec. 25.  Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 19, subdivision 
 27.8   2, is amended to read: 
 27.9   Subd. 2.  Northwest Busway                           20,000,000 
 27.10  To design and construct a portion of a 
 27.11  busway in the northwest metropolitan 
 27.12  area between downtown Minneapolis and 
 27.13  Rogers.  Funds may be used to design 
 27.14  all or a portion of the busway from 
 27.15  downtown Minneapolis to Rogers along 
 27.16  CSAH 81; to design, construct, and 
 27.17  equip up to 14 stations, including 28 
 27.18  passenger shelters, in Minneapolis, 
 27.19  Robbinsdale, and Crystal as well as at 
 27.20  Hennepin Technical College and North 
 27.21  Hennepin Community College located in 
 27.22  Brooklyn Park; to acquire necessary 
 27.23  rights-of-way in Minneapolis and 
 27.24  Robbinsdale to accommodate station 
 27.25  locations, and adjacent to CSAH 81 
 27.26  between Highway 100 and about 63rd 
 27.27  Avenue North to accommodate bus lanes; 
 27.28  to design and construct up to two park- 
 27.29  and-ride facilities adjacent to CSAH 81 
 27.30  at its intersection with any two of 
 27.31  these three intersections:  (1) Bass 
 27.32  Lake Road, (2) 63rd Avenue North, and 
 27.33  (3) Brooklyn Boulevard; and to design 
 27.34  and construct dedicated bus lanes from 
 27.35  50th Avenue North to about 63rd Avenue 
 27.36  North in conjunction with Hennepin 
 27.37  county's CSAH 81 road reconstruction 
 27.38  project.  This appropriation is 
 27.39  contingent on $12,000,000 from Hennepin 
 27.40  county for roadway design, property 
 27.41  acquisition, and road construction 
 27.42  between Lowry Avenue in Minneapolis and 
 27.43  Bass Lake Road in Crystal and 
 27.44  $5,000,000 from the metropolitan 
 27.45  council for the project fleet 
 27.46  acquisition and station equipment. 
 27.47  Total funding from all sources may be 
 27.48  used for roadway design, 
 27.49  reconstruction, acquisition of land and 
 27.50  right-of-way, and to design, construct, 
 27.51  furnish, and equip transit stations and 
 27.52  park and rides.  Design-build under new 
 27.53  Minnesota Statutes, sections 383B.158 
 27.54  to 383B.1586, may be used for 
 27.55  implementing this project.  
 27.56     Sec. 26.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 27.57     This article is effective the day following final enactment.
 27.58                             ARTICLE 2
 27.59                    ROSEAU FLOOD APPROPRIATIONS
 28.1   Section 1.  [CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS.] 
 28.2      The sums in the column under "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
 28.3   appropriated from the bond proceeds fund, or another named fund, 
 28.4   to the state agencies or officials indicated, to be spent for 
 28.5   public purposes.  Appropriations of bond proceeds must be spent 
 28.6   as authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 
 28.7   5, paragraph (a), to acquire and better public land and 
 28.8   buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature, or 
 28.9   as authorized by article XI, section 5, paragraphs (b) to (j), 
 28.10  or article XIV.  Unless otherwise specified, the appropriations 
 28.11  in this article are available until the project is completed or 
 28.12  abandoned.  If there is a shortage of money for a program or 
 28.13  project funded in this article, or in the money available for 
 28.14  state and local match under Minnesota Statutes, section 12.221, 
 28.15  unused general fund money appropriated for any other program or 
 28.16  project in this article may be transferred by an interagency 
 28.17  agreement approved by the commissioner of finance to cover the 
 28.18  shortfall. 
 28.19     The term "the area included in DR-1419," when used in this 
 28.20  article, means the area designated under Presidential 
 28.21  Declaration of Major Disaster, DR-1419, whether included in the 
 28.22  original declaration or added later by federal government action.
 28.23                              SUMMARY 
 28.24  TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT                   $   12,750,000 
 28.25  HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY                                3,000,000 
 28.26  NATURAL RESOURCES                                     7,375,000 
 28.27  TRANSPORTATION                                        1,400,000 
 28.28  TOTAL                                            $   24,525,000
 28.29  Bond Proceeds Fund                                   12,675,000 
 28.30  Transportation Fund                                   1,400,000 
 28.31  General Fund                                          9,700,000 
 28.32  Petroleum Tank Release Cleanup Fund                     750,000 
 28.33                                                   APPROPRIATIONS
 28.34                                                   $ 
 28.35  Sec. 2.  TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
 28.36  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of
 29.1   trade and economic development for the   
 29.2   purposes specified in this section                   12,750,000
 29.3   Subd. 2.  Minnesota Investment Fund                   3,375,000
 29.4   For transfer to the Minnesota 
 29.5   investment fund to make grants to local 
 29.6   units of government for locally 
 29.7   administered grants or loan programs, 
 29.8   including buyouts, for businesses 
 29.9   directly and adversely affected by 
 29.10  flooding in the area included in 
 29.11  DR-1419.  Criteria and requirements 
 29.12  must be locally established with the 
 29.13  approval of the commissioner.  For the 
 29.14  purposes of this appropriation, 
 29.15  Minnesota Statutes, sections 116J.8731, 
 29.16  subdivisions 3, 4, 5, and 7; 116J.993; 
 29.17  116J.994; and 116J.995, are waived.  
 29.18  Businesses that receive grants or loans 
 29.19  from this appropriation must set goals 
 29.20  for jobs retained and wages paid within 
 29.21  the area included in DR-1419. 
 29.22  This is a onetime appropriation from 
 29.23  the general fund and is available until 
 29.24  expended. 
 29.25  Subd. 3.  Petroleum Cleanup                             750,000
 29.26  Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
 29.27  section 115C.08, subdivision 4, this 
 29.28  appropriation is for grants to local 
 29.29  units of government in the area 
 29.30  included in DR-1419 to safely 
 29.31  rehabilitate buildings if a portion of 
 29.32  the rehabilitation costs is 
 29.33  attributable to petroleum contamination 
 29.34  or to buy out property substantially 
 29.35  damaged by a petroleum tank release. 
 29.36  This is a onetime appropriation from 
 29.37  the petroleum tank release cleanup fund.
 29.38  Subd. 4.  Public Infrastructure                       1,125,000
 29.39  To the public facilities authority for 
 29.40  grants to local units of government to 
 29.41  assist with the cost of rehabilitation 
 29.42  and replacement of publicly owned 
 29.43  infrastructure, including storm sewers, 
 29.44  wastewater and municipal utility 
 29.45  service, drinking water systems, and 
 29.46  other infrastructure damaged by 
 29.47  flooding in the area included in 
 29.48  DR-1419. 
 29.49  For the purposes of this appropriation, 
 29.50  criteria, limitations, and repayment 
 29.51  requirements in Minnesota Statutes, 
 29.52  sections 446A.07, 446A.072, and 
 29.53  446A.081, are waived. 
 29.54  Subd. 5.  Capital Project Grant                       7,500,000
 29.55  For a grant to the city of Roseau to 
 29.56  relocate the flood damaged city hall, 
 29.57  auditorium, library, museum, and police 
 29.58  department out of the Roseau River 
 29.59  floodway as a result of flooding as 
 29.60  declared in DR-1419, and in accordance 
 30.1   with Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.86.
 30.2   Sec. 3.  HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY
 30.3   Subdivision 1.  For transfer to the housing
 30.4   development fund for the programs specified
 30.5   in this section                                       3,000,000
 30.6   Subd. 2.  Economic Development and     
 30.7   Housing Challenge                                     3,000,000
 30.8   For the economic development and 
 30.9   housing challenge program under 
 30.10  Minnesota Statutes, section 462A.33, 
 30.11  for housing assistance in the area 
 30.12  included in DR-1419.  For assistance 
 30.13  under this subdivision, the 
 30.14  requirements of Minnesota Statutes, 
 30.15  section 462A.33, subdivisions 3 and 5, 
 30.16  and Minnesota Rules, part 4900.3632, 
 30.17  are waived. 
 30.18  This is a onetime appropriation from 
 30.19  the general fund. 
 30.20  Sec. 4.  NATURAL RESOURCES                                      
 30.21  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of
 30.22  natural resources for the purposes       
 30.23  specified in this section                             7,375,000
 30.24  Subd. 2.  Flood Hazard Mitigation Grants              7,375,000
 30.25  $4,050,000 is from the bond proceeds 
 30.26  fund for the state share of a flood 
 30.27  hazard mitigation grant for the 
 30.28  following identified capital 
 30.29  improvement projects:  Roseau West Side 
 30.30  Interceptor and County 120 Grade Raise, 
 30.31  Roseau Phase II Storm Sewer Project, 
 30.32  and any other authorized federal or 
 30.33  state flood mitigation project 
 30.34  providing all or part of 100-year flood 
 30.35  protection for the city of Roseau. 
 30.36  To the extent that the costs of the 
 30.37  100-year flood protection projects in 
 30.38  Roseau exceed two percent of the median 
 30.39  household income in the municipality 
 30.40  multiplied by the number of households 
 30.41  in the municipality, this appropriation 
 30.42  is also for the local share of the 
 30.43  project. 
 30.44  $1,825,000 is a onetime appropriation 
 30.45  from the general fund for grants to 
 30.46  local units of government in the area 
 30.47  included in DR-1419 for the state share 
 30.48  of flood hazard mitigation grants for 
 30.49  flood damage reduction studies, 
 30.50  planning, engineering, and publicly 
 30.51  owned capital improvements to prevent 
 30.52  or alleviate flood damage under 
 30.53  Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.161.  
 30.54  This appropriation is available until 
 30.55  expended. 
 30.56  $1,000,000 is to buy out property 
 30.57  substantially damaged by flooding in 
 30.58  the area included in DR-1419.  This is 
 30.59  a onetime appropriation from the 
 31.1   general fund and is available until 
 31.2   expended. 
 31.3   $500,000 is for grants to local units 
 31.4   of government in the area included in 
 31.5   DR-1419 to construct ring dikes to 
 31.6   mitigate flood damage.  This is a 
 31.7   onetime appropriation from the general 
 31.8   fund and is available until expended. 
 31.9   Sec. 5.  TRANSPORTATION                                        
 31.10  To the commissioner of transportation
 31.11  for the purposes specified in this section            1,400,000
 31.12  This appropriation is from the bond 
 31.13  proceeds account in the state 
 31.14  transportation fund. 
 31.15  $1,000,000 is from grants to local 
 31.16  governments for capital costs related 
 31.17  to the rehabilitation, replacement, or 
 31.18  reconstruction of roads or bridges 
 31.19  damaged or destroyed by flooding or 
 31.20  that provide future protection from 
 31.21  flood damages in the area included in 
 31.22  DR-1419.  A grantee must submit to the 
 31.23  commissioner of transportation final 
 31.24  plans for each project before grant 
 31.25  money may be released.  The 
 31.26  commissioner shall determine project 
 31.27  priorities and plans and require 
 31.28  changes to ensure the most prudent use 
 31.29  of state resources. 
 31.30  $400,000 is for a grant to the county 
 31.31  of Polk to repair a structure north of 
 31.32  Climax on marked state highway 220 
 31.33  damaged by flooding. 
 31.34  For grants under this section, the 
 31.35  requirements of Minnesota Statutes, 
 31.36  section 174.50, subdivisions 4, 5, 6, 
 31.37  6a, and 7, are waived. 
 31.38     Sec. 6.  [BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.] 
 31.39     Subdivision 1.  [BOND PROCEEDS FUND.] To provide the money 
 31.40  appropriated in this article from the bond proceeds fund, the 
 31.41  commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state 
 31.42  in an amount up to $12,675,000 in the manner, upon the terms, 
 31.43  and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 
 31.44  16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article 
 31.45  XI, sections 4 to 7.  
 31.46     Subd. 2.  [TRANSPORTATION FUND.] To provide the money 
 31.47  appropriated in this article from the state transportation fund, 
 31.48  the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the 
 31.49  state in an amount up to $1,400,000 in the manner, upon the 
 31.50  terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, 
 32.1   sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, 
 32.2   article XI, sections 4 to 7.  The proceeds of the bonds, except 
 32.3   accrued interest and any premium received on the sale of the 
 32.4   bonds, must be credited to a bond proceeds account in the state 
 32.5   transportation fund. 
 32.6      Sec. 7.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 32.7      This article is effective the day following final enactment.