SF 45

as introduced - 83rd Legislature, 2003 1st Special Session (2003 - 2003) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  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 13, subdivision 8.  
  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                          $   48,708,000 
  1.26  MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES            59,716,000 
  1.27  CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND LEARNING                     11,500,000 
  2.1   NATURAL RESOURCES                                    10,755,000 
  2.2   BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES                     6,400,000 
  2.3   AMATEUR SPORTS COMMISSION                             5,000,000 
  2.4   ARTS                                                 30,000,000 
  2.5   TRANSPORTATION                                       26,500,000 
  2.6   METROPOLITAN COUNCIL                                  1,000,000 
  2.7   HEALTH                                                  775,000 
  2.8   TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT                       29,800,000 
  2.9   MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY                            500,000 
  2.10  BOND SALE EXPENSES                                      236,000 
  2.11  TOTAL                                            $  230,890,000
  2.12  Bond Proceeds Fund 
  2.13  (General Fund Debt Service)                         183,256,000 
  2.14  Bond Proceeds Fund  
  2.15  (User Financed Debt Service)                         47,634,000  
  2.16                                                   APPROPRIATIONS
  2.17                                                   $ 
  2.18  Sec. 2.  UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA 
  2.19  Subdivision 1.  To the board of regents
  2.20  of the University of Minnesota for the 
  2.21  purposes specified in this section                   48,708,000 
  2.22  Subd. 2.  Twin Cities - Minneapolis
  2.23  (a) Jones Hall                                        8,000,000
  2.24  To renovate Jones Hall on the 
  2.25  Minneapolis campus. 
  2.26  The board of regents may use the 
  2.27  single-phase design-build method 
  2.28  described in Minnesota Statutes, 
  2.29  section 16C.31, subdivision 6, 
  2.30  paragraph (c), to implement this 
  2.31  project. 
  2.32  (b) Translational Research Facility                  24,700,000
  2.33  To design, construct, furnish, and 
  2.34  equip the Translational Research 
  2.35  Facility, an addition to the Lyons 
  2.36  Research Lab building on the 
  2.37  Minneapolis campus. 
  2.38  This appropriation is not available 
  2.39  until the commissioner of finance has 
  2.40  determined that at least $12,300,000 
  2.41  has been committed from nonstate 
  2.42  sources.  
  2.43  The board of regents may use the 
  2.44  two-phase design-build method described 
  2.45  in Minnesota Statutes, section 16C.31, 
  2.46  to implement this project. 
  2.47  (c) Teaching and Technology Center                    3,000,000
  3.1   To predesign and design a teaching and 
  3.2   technology center for the Institute of 
  3.3   Technology. 
  3.4   Subd. 3.  Twin Cities - St. Paul                               
  3.5   Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory                      1,500,000
  3.6   To renovate and upgrade the veterinary 
  3.7   diagnostic laboratory to provide 
  3.8   additional laboratory space for a 
  3.9   veterinary molecular diagnostic 
  3.10  laboratory.  The renovation and upgrade 
  3.11  must include space for molecular 
  3.12  diagnostic testing for paratuberculosis 
  3.13  (Johne's Disease), porcine reproductive 
  3.14  and respiratory syndrome virus in 
  3.15  swine, avian pneumovirus in turkeys, 
  3.16  bovine mastitis, and emerging and 
  3.17  foreign animal diseases. 
  3.18  Subd. 4.  Morris                                      8,600,000
  3.19  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  3.20  the social science building to correct 
  3.21  building code deficiencies, remodel the 
  3.22  interior, install new windows, upgrade 
  3.23  the building's mechanical and 
  3.24  electrical systems, replace the roof, 
  3.25  and construct an addition over the 
  3.26  existing auditorium wing to create 
  3.27  space for faculty offices, and to 
  3.28  install fire protection systems in 
  3.29  three student housing facilities. 
  3.30  This appropriation is not available 
  3.31  until the commissioner of finance has 
  3.32  determined that at least $400,000 has 
  3.33  been committed from nonstate sources. 
  3.34  Subd. 5.  Research and Outreach        
  3.35  Centers                                               2,508,000
  3.36  To acquire land and design, construct, 
  3.37  furnish, and equip facilities at 
  3.38  research and outreach centers.  
  3.39  Projects funded by this appropriation 
  3.40  include: 
  3.41  (1) research laboratory and office 
  3.42  space at the Northwest ROC at 
  3.43  Crookston; 
  3.44  (2) an addition to the aspen/larch 
  3.45  genetics laboratory at the North 
  3.46  Central ROC at Grand Rapids and 
  3.47  acquisition of land for the development 
  3.48  of two test planting sites to conduct 
  3.49  research on fast-growing trees; 
  3.50  (3) an addition to the administration 
  3.51  building at the Southern ROC at Waseca; 
  3.52  and 
  3.53  (4) of this amount, $70,000 is to 
  3.54  construct an environmentally friendly 
  3.55  swine farrowing demonstration facility 
  3.56  at the West Central ROC, subject to 
  3.57  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695. 
  3.58  Subd. 6.  Genomics Building -          
  4.1   Rochester                                               400,000
  4.2   To predesign and design a medical 
  4.3   genomics research building at the Mayo 
  4.4   Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, subject 
  4.5   to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695. 
  4.6   Subd. 7.  Debt Service
  4.7   (a) The board of regents shall pay the 
  4.8   debt service on one-third of the 
  4.9   principal amount of state bonds sold to 
  4.10  finance projects authorized by this 
  4.11  section, except that, where a nonstate 
  4.12  match is required, the debt service is 
  4.13  due on a principal amount equal to 
  4.14  one-third of the total project cost, 
  4.15  less the match committed before the 
  4.16  bonds are sold.  After each sale of 
  4.17  general obligation bonds, the 
  4.18  commissioner of finance shall notify 
  4.19  the board of regents of the amounts 
  4.20  assessed for each year for the life of 
  4.21  the bonds. 
  4.22  (b) The commissioner shall reduce the 
  4.23  board's assessment each year by 
  4.24  one-third of the net income from 
  4.25  investment of general obligation bond 
  4.26  proceeds in proportion to the amount of 
  4.27  principal and interest otherwise 
  4.28  required to be paid by the board.  The 
  4.29  board shall pay its resulting net 
  4.30  assessment to the commissioner of 
  4.31  finance by December 1 each year.  If 
  4.32  the board fails to make a payment when 
  4.33  due, the commissioner of finance shall 
  4.34  reduce allotments for appropriations 
  4.35  from the general fund otherwise 
  4.36  available to the board and apply the 
  4.37  amount of the reduction to cover the 
  4.38  missed debt service payment.  The 
  4.39  commissioner of finance shall credit 
  4.40  the payments received from the board to 
  4.41  the bond debt service account in the 
  4.42  state bond fund each December 1 before 
  4.43  money is transferred from the general 
  4.44  fund under Minnesota Statutes, section 
  4.45  16A.641, subdivision 10. 
  4.46  Subd. 8.  Contingencies                              
  4.47  The commissioner of finance must 
  4.48  combine into one account, under the 
  4.49  control of the board of regents, the 
  4.50  portion of each appropriation in this 
  4.51  section that is attributable to the 
  4.52  amount budgeted for contingencies for 
  4.53  projects in this section.  The board 
  4.54  must manage the account to pay for 
  4.55  exceptional but necessary costs of 
  4.56  projects authorized in this section.  
  4.57  Upon substantial completion or 
  4.58  abandonment of all projects authorized 
  4.59  in this section, the board must use any 
  4.60  funds remaining in the contingency 
  4.61  account for HEAPR under Minnesota 
  4.62  Statutes, section 135A.046.  The board 
  4.63  of regents must report by February 1 of 
  4.64  each even-numbered year to the chairs 
  4.65  of the house and senate committees with 
  5.1   jurisdiction over capital investments 
  5.2   and higher education finance, and to 
  5.3   the chairs of the house ways and means 
  5.4   committee and the senate finance 
  5.5   committee on how the money in the 
  5.6   contingency account has been allocated 
  5.7   or spent. 
  5.8   Sec. 3.  MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND 
  5.9   UNIVERSITIES 
  5.10  Subdivision 1.  To the board of trustees
  5.11  of the Minnesota state colleges and 
  5.12  universities for the purposes specified in
  5.13  this section                                         59,716,000
  5.14  Subd. 2.  Bemidji State University                    1,000,000 
  5.15  To design the colocation of the 
  5.16  emerging technologies and health care 
  5.17  programs of Bemidji State University 
  5.18  and Northwest Technical College. 
  5.19  Subd. 3.  Dakota Technical College                      500,000
  5.20  To design the renovation of the west 
  5.21  side of the main campus facility to 
  5.22  create an information technology and 
  5.23  telecommunications center of excellence 
  5.24  and an integrated library and library 
  5.25  information technology center. 
  5.26  Subd. 4.  Fergus Falls                 
  5.27  Community College                                       760,000
  5.28  To design, construct, furnish, and 
  5.29  equip an expansion of the existing 
  5.30  maintenance shop. 
  5.31  To design an addition to link 
  5.32  Administration and Fine Arts to provide 
  5.33  a one-stop student service shop, smart 
  5.34  classrooms, open computer laboratories; 
  5.35  design renovation to provide space for 
  5.36  technology support next to the library; 
  5.37  and design asset preservation work. 
  5.38  Subd. 5.  Hennepin Technical College                  2,000,000
  5.39  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  5.40  existing space at the Brooklyn Park and 
  5.41  Eden Prairie campuses.  
  5.42  Subd. 6.  Inver Hills Community
  5.43  College                                                 500,000
  5.44  To design renovation of existing space 
  5.45  and construction of an addition to 
  5.46  create a one-stop student services 
  5.47  shop; enlarge and colocate central 
  5.48  services, the bookstore, and a new 
  5.49  loading dock; upgrade mechanical 
  5.50  systems; and provide a welcoming front 
  5.51  door and help desk for the campus. 
  5.52  Subd. 7.  Lake Superior Community      
  5.53  and Technical College                                   700,000
  5.54  To design a student center addition to 
  5.55  house a consolidated system of student 
  5.56  services, smart classrooms, and open 
  6.1   laboratories. 
  6.2   Subd. 8.  Minnesota State University - 
  6.3   Mankato - Phase 3                                     8,400,000
  6.4   To renovate, furnish, and equip Otto 
  6.5   Arena and adjacent areas to provide a 
  6.6   student fitness facility. 
  6.7   Subd. 9.  Minnesota West Community and
  6.8   Technical College at Worthington                      6,300,000
  6.9   To design, construct, furnish, and 
  6.10  equip a one-stop student services shop 
  6.11  and welcome counter addition. 
  6.12  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  6.13  two science laboratories and associated 
  6.14  preparation, storage, and office spaces.
  6.15  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  6.16  consolidated nursing and allied health 
  6.17  department and other classroom spaces. 
  6.18  Subd. 10.  Northeast Higher Education  
  6.19  District - Virginia                                   5,496,000
  6.20  To design, renovate, and equip science 
  6.21  laboratories, a learning resource 
  6.22  center, a student commons, and 
  6.23  classrooms, including 
  6.24  technology-equipped classrooms, and 
  6.25  construct new loading dock and driveway.
  6.26  Subd. 11.  Northwest Technical College -     
  6.27  Moorhead Campus                                         400,000
  6.28  To design the renovation of existing 
  6.29  facilities and design new facilities 
  6.30  for an allied health and applied 
  6.31  technology laboratory and support 
  6.32  facilities. 
  6.33  Subd. 12.  Ridgewater Community and
  6.34  Technical College                                     2,880,000
  6.35  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  6.36  existing chemistry, physics, and 
  6.37  biology laboratories and convert a 
  6.38  classroom into a geology laboratory on 
  6.39  the Willmar campus.  
  6.40  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  6.41  interior space to convert obsolete 
  6.42  applied laboratory space on the 
  6.43  Hutchinson campus into chemistry, 
  6.44  physics, and biology laboratories. 
  6.45  Subd. 13.  South Central Technical                              
  6.46  College                                                 300,000
  6.47  To design renovation of teaching 
  6.48  laboratories at the North Mankato 
  6.49  campus and design asset preservation at 
  6.50  the Faribault campus. 
  6.51  Subd. 14.  Southeast Technical
  6.52  College                                                 580,000
  6.53  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  6.54  a one-stop student services area and 
  7.1   workforce center entrance at Winona. 
  7.2   To design the renovation of a one-stop 
  7.3   student services area and student 
  7.4   center entrance at Red Wing. 
  7.5   Subd. 15.  Southwest State University                 9,200,000 
  7.6   To renovate and reconfigure, furnish, 
  7.7   and equip the library and construct a 
  7.8   new entrance. 
  7.9   Subd. 16.  St. Cloud State University                10,000,000 
  7.10  To design the renovation of Centennial 
  7.11  Hall and to renovate, furnish, and 
  7.12  equip the renovation of Centennial Hall 
  7.13  and its conversion from library to 
  7.14  classroom use and to design the code 
  7.15  correction and renovation of Riverview 
  7.16  Hall.  This appropriation may also be 
  7.17  used for design of the renovation of 
  7.18  Brown Hall and Eastman Hall. 
  7.19  Subd. 17.  St. Cloud Technical College                  700,000
  7.20  To design the construction of a 
  7.21  multistory building connected to the 
  7.22  existing facility and the renovation of 
  7.23  part of "G" wing. 
  7.24  Subd. 18.  Land Acquisition                          10,000,000
  7.25  To acquire real property near the state 
  7.26  college and university campuses. 
  7.27  Subd. 19.  Debt Service
  7.28  (a) The board shall pay the debt 
  7.29  service on one-third of the principal 
  7.30  amount of state bonds sold to finance 
  7.31  projects authorized by this section, 
  7.32  except that, where a nonstate match is 
  7.33  required, the debt service is due on a 
  7.34  principal amount equal to one-third of 
  7.35  the total project cost, less the match 
  7.36  committed before the bonds are sold.  
  7.37  After each sale of general obligation 
  7.38  bonds, the commissioner of finance 
  7.39  shall notify the board of the amounts 
  7.40  assessed for each year for the life of 
  7.41  the bonds. 
  7.42  (b) The commissioner shall reduce the 
  7.43  board's assessment each year by 
  7.44  one-third of the net income from 
  7.45  investment of general obligation bond 
  7.46  proceeds in proportion to the amount of 
  7.47  principal and interest otherwise 
  7.48  required to be paid by the board.  The 
  7.49  board shall pay its resulting net 
  7.50  assessment to the commissioner of 
  7.51  finance by December 1 each year.  If 
  7.52  the board fails to make a payment when 
  7.53  due, the commissioner of finance shall 
  7.54  reduce allotments for appropriations 
  7.55  from the general fund otherwise 
  7.56  available to the board and apply the 
  7.57  amount of the reduction to cover the 
  7.58  missed debt service payment.  The 
  7.59  commissioner of finance shall credit 
  8.1   the payments received from the board to 
  8.2   the bond debt service account in the 
  8.3   state bond fund each December 1 before 
  8.4   money is transferred from the general 
  8.5   fund under Minnesota Statutes, section 
  8.6   16A.641, subdivision 10. 
  8.7   Subd. 20.  Contingencies                                        
  8.8   The commissioner of finance must 
  8.9   combine into one account, under the 
  8.10  control of the board of trustees, the 
  8.11  portion of each appropriation in this 
  8.12  section that is attributable to the 
  8.13  amount budgeted for contingencies for 
  8.14  projects in this section.  The board 
  8.15  must manage the account to pay for 
  8.16  exceptional but necessary costs of 
  8.17  projects authorized in this section.  
  8.18  Upon substantial completion or 
  8.19  abandonment of all projects authorized 
  8.20  in this section, the board must use any 
  8.21  funds remaining in the contingency 
  8.22  account for HEAPR under Minnesota 
  8.23  Statutes, section 135A.046.  The board 
  8.24  of trustees must report by February 1 
  8.25  of each even-numbered year to the 
  8.26  chairs of the house and senate 
  8.27  committees with jurisdiction over 
  8.28  capital investments and higher 
  8.29  education finance, and to the chairs of 
  8.30  the house ways and means committee and 
  8.31  the senate finance committee on how the 
  8.32  money in the contingency account has 
  8.33  been allocated or spent. 
  8.34  Sec. 4.  CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND LEARNING 
  8.35  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of
  8.36  children, families, and learning to be
  8.37  known as the commissioner of education
  8.38  as of August 1, 2003, for the
  8.39  purposes specified in this section                   11,500,000
  8.40  Subd. 2.  Library Access Grants                       1,000,000 
  8.41  For library access grants under 
  8.42  Minnesota Statutes, section 134.45, to 
  8.43  remove architectural barriers from a 
  8.44  library building or site. 
  8.45  Subd. 3.  Paul and Sheila Wellstone 
  8.46  Center for Community Building                         5,000,000
  8.47  For a grant to the city of St. Paul to 
  8.48  acquire land for and to design, 
  8.49  construct, furnish, and equip the Paul 
  8.50  and Sheila Wellstone center for 
  8.51  community building.  The city may enter 
  8.52  into a lease or management agreement 
  8.53  for the center, subject to Minnesota 
  8.54  Statutes, section 16A.695. 
  8.55  This appropriation is not available 
  8.56  until the commissioner has determined 
  8.57  that at least an equal amount has been 
  8.58  committed from nonstate sources.  
  8.59  Subd. 4.  Trollwood Performing         
  8.60  Arts School                                           5,500,000
  9.1   For a grant to the city of Moorhead to 
  9.2   acquire land for and to design, 
  9.3   construct, furnish, and equip Trollwood 
  9.4   Performing Arts School in the city of 
  9.5   Moorhead, subject to Minnesota 
  9.6   Statutes, section 16A.695.  Trollwood 
  9.7   must be available to regional arts 
  9.8   groups. 
  9.9   This appropriation is not available 
  9.10  until the commissioner has determined 
  9.11  that at least an equal amount has been 
  9.12  committed from nonstate sources. 
  9.13  Sec. 5.  NATURAL RESOURCES 
  9.14  Subdivision 1.  To the 
  9.15  commissioner of natural resources 
  9.16  for the purposes specified
  9.17  in this section                                      10,755,000
  9.18  Subd. 2.  State Park and Recreation Area
  9.19  Acquisition                                           1,000,000 
  9.20  For acquisition of land under Minnesota 
  9.21  Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 
  9.22  2, from willing sellers of private 
  9.23  lands within state park and recreation 
  9.24  area boundaries established by law. 
  9.25  Subd. 3.  Metro Regional Park Acquisition    
  9.26  and Betterment                                        2,700,000
  9.27  For a grant to the metropolitan council 
  9.28  to complete renovation of the Como Park 
  9.29  conservatory under phase 2.  The 
  9.30  project must include renovation of the 
  9.31  fern room and construction of a bonsai 
  9.32  collection space, an orchid growing and 
  9.33  display house, and a children's 
  9.34  activity zone, as well as corridors and 
  9.35  connections to the education resource 
  9.36  building. 
  9.37  Subd. 4.  State Trail Acquisition     
  9.38  and Development                                         475,000
  9.39  To acquire, develop, and renovate state 
  9.40  trails as specified in Minnesota 
  9.41  Statutes, section 85.015. 
  9.42  $475,000 is for the Goodhue Pioneer 
  9.43  trail. 
  9.44  Subd. 5.  Red Rock Rural 
  9.45  Water System                                            125,000 
  9.46  For a grant to the Red Rock rural water 
  9.47  system to acquire land, predesign, 
  9.48  design, construct, and equip the 
  9.49  southwest Minnesota regional water 
  9.50  supply project.  This appropriation is 
  9.51  not available until at least an equal 
  9.52  amount of nonstate money has been 
  9.53  committed to the project. 
  9.54  Subd. 6.  Dam Improvements                            1,050,000
  9.55  For a grant to the city of Crookston 
  9.56  for phases 2 and 3 of the Red Lake 
  9.57  River restoration and habitat 
 10.1   improvement project. 
 10.2   Subd. 7.  Flood Hazard Mitigation Grants              1,405,000 
 10.3   For the state share of flood hazard 
 10.4   mitigation grants for publicly owned 
 10.5   capital improvements to prevent or 
 10.6   alleviate flood damage under Minnesota 
 10.7   Statutes, section 103F.161. 
 10.8   This appropriation includes money for 
 10.9   the following projects:  Warren and Hay 
 10.10  Creek. 
 10.11  To the extent that the cost of the 
 10.12  project in Warren exceeds two percent 
 10.13  of the median household income in the 
 10.14  municipality multiplied by the number 
 10.15  of households in the municipality, this 
 10.16  appropriation is also for the local 
 10.17  share of the project. 
 10.18  Subd. 8.  Stream Protection
 10.19  and Restoration                                         500,000
 10.20  For the design and implementation of 
 10.21  stream restoration projects that employ 
 10.22  natural channel design principles. 
 10.23  Subd. 9.  Scientific and Natural Area                 
 10.24  Acquisition and Improvement                           2,000,000
 10.25  To acquire land for scientific and 
 10.26  natural areas and for development, 
 10.27  protection, or improvements of a 
 10.28  capital nature to scientific and 
 10.29  natural areas throughout the state 
 10.30  under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
 10.31  84.033 and 86A.05, subdivision 5.  
 10.32  Up to $1,500,000 is to acquire and make 
 10.33  improvements of a capital nature to 
 10.34  restore and develop the Seminary fen in 
 10.35  the Assumption creek watershed in 
 10.36  Carver county.  The commissioner shall 
 10.37  manage the Seminary fen in accordance 
 10.38  with Minnesota Statutes, chapter 86A, 
 10.39  in part as an aquatic management area, 
 10.40  in part as a scientific and natural 
 10.41  area, and in part as a wildlife 
 10.42  management area. 
 10.43  Subd. 10.  Native Prairie    
 10.44  Bank Easements                                        1,000,000
 10.45  For acquisition of native prairie bank 
 10.46  easements under Minnesota Statutes, 
 10.47  section 84.96. 
 10.48  Subd. 11.  National Eagle Center                        500,000
 10.49  To the commissioner of administration 
 10.50  for a grant to the city of Wabasha to 
 10.51  construct the National Eagle Center.  
 10.52  The city of Wabasha may enter into a 
 10.53  lease or management agreement with a 
 10.54  nonprofit corporation under Minnesota 
 10.55  Statutes, section 16A.695.  This 
 10.56  appropriation is not available until at 
 10.57  least $1,000,000 has been committed 
 10.58  from nonstate sources. 
 11.1   Sec. 6.  BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES 
 11.2   Subdivision 1.  To the board 
 11.3   of water and soil resources for the 
 11.4   purposes specified in this section                    6,400,000 
 11.5   Subd. 2.  RIM Conservation
 11.6   Easements                                             1,000,000 
 11.7   This appropriation is to acquire 
 11.8   conservation easements from landowners 
 11.9   on marginal lands to protect soil and 
 11.10  water quality and to support fish and 
 11.11  wildlife habitat as provided in 
 11.12  Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.515. 
 11.13  Subd. 3.  Wetland Replacement          
 11.14  Due to Public Road Projects                           2,700,000
 11.15  To acquire land for wetlands or restore 
 11.16  wetlands to be used to replace wetlands 
 11.17  drained or filled as a result of the 
 11.18  repair, maintenance, or rehabilitation 
 11.19  of existing public roads as required by 
 11.20  Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.222, 
 11.21  subdivision 1, paragraph (l). 
 11.22  The purchase price paid for acquisition 
 11.23  of land, fee, or perpetual easement 
 11.24  must be the fair market value as 
 11.25  determined by the board.  The board may 
 11.26  enter into agreements with the federal 
 11.27  government, other state agencies, 
 11.28  political subdivisions, and nonprofit 
 11.29  organizations or fee owners to acquire 
 11.30  land and restore and create wetlands 
 11.31  and to acquire existing wetland banking 
 11.32  credits with money provided by this 
 11.33  appropriation.  Acquisition of or the 
 11.34  conveyance of land may be in the name 
 11.35  of the political subdivision. 
 11.36  Subd. 4.  Lazarus Creek                               1,400,000
 11.37  For a grant to Area II Minnesota River 
 11.38  Basin Projects, Inc. for construction 
 11.39  of the LQP-25/Lazarus Creek floodwater 
 11.40  retention project.  The grant may not 
 11.41  exceed 75 percent of the project's 
 11.42  cost.  The remaining share must be 
 11.43  provided by Area II Minnesota River 
 11.44  Basin Projects, Inc. 
 11.45  Subd. 5.  Stillwater - 
 11.46  Brown's Creek                                         1,300,000
 11.47  For a grant to the city of Stillwater 
 11.48  to provide environmental protection 
 11.49  capital improvements for Brown's Creek. 
 11.50  Sec. 7.  AMATEUR SPORTS COMMISSION
 11.51  Subdivision 1.  To the amateur sports
 11.52  commission for the purposes specified
 11.53  in this section                                       5,000,000
 11.54  Subd. 2.  National Sport
 11.55  Event Center                                          5,000,000
 11.56  To construct, furnish, and equip a 
 11.57  national sport event center on the 
 12.1   campus of the National Sports Center 
 12.2   and for related capital development 
 12.3   costs, subject to Minnesota Statutes, 
 12.4   section 16A.695. 
 12.5   Sec. 8.  ARTS                                                 
 12.6   Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of
 12.7   administration for the purposes specified
 12.8   in this section                                      30,000,000
 12.9   Subd. 2.  Minneapolis -
 12.10  Children's Theatre Company                            5,000,000
 12.11  For a grant to Hennepin county to 
 12.12  design, construct, furnish, and equip 
 12.13  an expansion of the Children's Theatre 
 12.14  Company's current facility.  Hennepin 
 12.15  county may enter into a lease or 
 12.16  management agreement for operation of 
 12.17  the theater, subject to Minnesota 
 12.18  Statutes, section 16A.695. 
 12.19  This appropriation is not available 
 12.20  until the commissioner has determined 
 12.21  that at least an equal amount has been 
 12.22  committed from nonstate sources. 
 12.23  Subd. 3.  Minneapolis -              
 12.24  Guthrie Theater                                      25,000,000
 12.25  For a grant to the Minneapolis 
 12.26  community development agency or its 
 12.27  successor to design, construct, 
 12.28  furnish, and equip a new Guthrie 
 12.29  Theater in the city of Minneapolis.  
 12.30  The Minneapolis community development 
 12.31  agency or its successor may enter into 
 12.32  a lease or management agreement for the 
 12.33  theater, subject to Minnesota Statutes, 
 12.34  section 16A.695.  
 12.35  This appropriation is not available 
 12.36  until the commissioner has determined 
 12.37  that at least an equal amount has been 
 12.38  committed from nonstate sources. 
 12.39  Sec. 9.  TRANSPORTATION 
 12.40  Subdivision 1.  To the 
 12.41  commissioner of transportation for 
 12.42  the purposes specified in this section               26,500,000
 12.43  Subd. 2.  Local Road Improvement Program             20,000,000 
 12.44  To the commissioner of transportation 
 12.45  for deposit in the trunk highway 
 12.46  corridor projects account in the local 
 12.47  road improvement fund under Minnesota 
 12.48  Statutes, section 174.52, subdivision 2.
 12.49  This appropriation is only available 
 12.50  for loans.  Debt service on the bonds 
 12.51  sold to finance this appropriation must 
 12.52  be paid by the commissioner of 
 12.53  transportation from money in the trunk 
 12.54  highway corridor projects account in 
 12.55  the manner provided in Minnesota 
 12.56  Statutes, section 16A.643. 
 12.57  Subd. 3.  Port Development Assistance                 2,000,000 
 13.1   For grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
 13.2   sections 457A.01 to 457A.06.  Any 
 13.3   improvements made with the proceeds of 
 13.4   these grants must be publicly owned. 
 13.5   Subd. 4.  Freight Access Improvements                 3,500,000
 13.6   For a grant to the port authority of 
 13.7   Winona to construct intermodal 
 13.8   improvements at the Winona harbor.  The 
 13.9   improvements may include commercial 
 13.10  harbor dredging, overpass construction, 
 13.11  street widening, signal installation, 
 13.12  and intersection reconstruction. 
 13.13  This appropriation is not available 
 13.14  until the commissioner has determined 
 13.15  that at least an equal amount has been 
 13.16  committed from any combination of 
 13.17  municipal state-aid money and nonstate 
 13.18  sources.  The state share may be 
 13.19  allocated to any one or more of the 
 13.20  project elements, with the nonstate 
 13.21  money used to complete any elements not 
 13.22  completed with state money. 
 13.23  Subd. 5.  Greater Minnesota 
 13.24  Transit Facilities                                    1,000,000
 13.25  For capital assistance for greater 
 13.26  Minnesota transit systems to be used 
 13.27  for transit capital facilities under 
 13.28  Minnesota Statutes, section 174.24, 
 13.29  subdivision 3c.  Money from this 
 13.30  appropriation may be used to pay up to 
 13.31  80 percent of the nonfederal share of 
 13.32  these facilities. 
 13.33  Sec. 10.  METROPOLITAN COUNCIL                        1,000,000 
 13.34  To the metropolitan council to design 
 13.35  the Northwest Busway Corridor. 
 13.36  Sec. 11.  HEALTH                                        775,000
 13.37  To design and construct a community 
 13.38  dental clinic at Lake Superior 
 13.39  Community College in Duluth and design 
 13.40  and renovate the Northwest Technical 
 13.41  College dental hygiene clinic in 
 13.42  Moorhead, subject to Minnesota 
 13.43  Statutes, section 16A.695. 
 13.44  Sec. 12.  TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
 13.45  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of
 13.46  trade and economic development, to be known
 13.47  as the commissioner of employment and
 13.48  economic development as of July 1,
 13.49  2003, or other named agency for the 
 13.50  purposes specified in this section                  29,800,000
 13.51  Subd. 2.  Redevelopment Account                      1,000,000
 13.52  For transfer to the redevelopment 
 13.53  account created in Minnesota Statutes, 
 13.54  section 116J.571.  This appropriation 
 13.55  is only available for grants to 
 13.56  projects located outside of the 
 13.57  seven-county metropolitan area. 
 14.1   For a grant to the city of Little Falls 
 14.2   for environmental cleanup of the 
 14.3   Hennepin Paper Company property in the 
 14.4   city of Little Falls.  No match is 
 14.5   required for this grant. 
 14.6   Subd. 3.  Wastewater Infrastructure                            
 14.7   Funding Program                                      15,000,000 
 14.8   To the public facilities authority for 
 14.9   grants to eligible municipalities under 
 14.10  the wastewater infrastructure program 
 14.11  established in Minnesota Statutes, 
 14.12  section 446A.072. 
 14.13  To the greatest practical extent, the 
 14.14  authority should use the grants for 
 14.15  projects on the 2002 project priority 
 14.16  list in priority order to qualified 
 14.17  applicants that submit plans and 
 14.18  specifications to the pollution control 
 14.19  agency or receive a funding commitment 
 14.20  from USDA rural development before 
 14.21  December 1, 2003. 
 14.22  $1,500,000 is for grants to the 
 14.23  Larsmont portion of the Knife 
 14.24  River-Larsmont sanitary district.  This 
 14.25  appropriation must be used to reduce 
 14.26  the amount of the municipality's loan 
 14.27  from the water pollution revolving fund 
 14.28  that exceeds five percent of the market 
 14.29  value of the properties in the project 
 14.30  service area.  This appropriation is in 
 14.31  addition to grants from other 
 14.32  appropriations. 
 14.33  Subd. 4.  Greater Minnesota Business
 14.34  Development Infrastructure Grant Program              7,500,000
 14.35  For grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
 14.36  section 116J.431. 
 14.37  Subd. 5.  St. Paul -                   
 14.38  Roy Wilkins Auditorium                                2,300,000
 14.39  For a grant to the city of St. Paul for 
 14.40  asset preservation of the Roy Wilkins 
 14.41  Auditorium. 
 14.42  Subd. 6.  St. Paul - Phalen Boulevard                 4,000,000 
 14.43  For a grant to the city of St. Paul to 
 14.44  acquire land and to complete 
 14.45  contamination remediation on Phalen 
 14.46  Boulevard between I-35E and Johnson 
 14.47  Parkway.  This appropriation is not 
 14.48  available until the commissioner has 
 14.49  determined that at least an equal 
 14.50  amount has been committed from nonstate 
 14.51  sources.  
 14.52  Sec. 13.  MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY 
 14.53  Subdivision 1.  To the Minnesota 
 14.54  Historical Society for the purposes 
 14.55  specified in this section                               500,000
 14.56  Subd. 2.  County and Local 
 14.57  Preservation Grants                                     300,000
 15.1   To be allocated to county and local 
 15.2   jurisdictions as matching money for 
 15.3   historic preservation projects of a 
 15.4   capital nature.  Grant recipients must 
 15.5   be public entities and must match state 
 15.6   funds on at least an equal basis.  The 
 15.7   facilities must be publicly owned.  
 15.8   Subd. 3.  Fort Belmont                                  200,000
 15.9   For a grant to Jackson county to 
 15.10  design, construct, furnish, and equip a 
 15.11  new site for historic Fort Belmont, 
 15.12  subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
 15.13  16A.695. 
 15.14  Sec. 14.  BOND SALE EXPENSES                            236,000 
 15.15  To the commissioner of finance for bond 
 15.16  sale expenses under Minnesota Statutes, 
 15.17  section 16A.641, subdivision 8.  This 
 15.18  appropriation is from the bond proceeds 
 15.19  fund. 
 15.20  Sec. 15.  BOND SALE SCHEDULE   
 15.21  The commissioner of finance shall 
 15.22  schedule the sale of state general 
 15.23  obligation bonds so that, during the 
 15.24  biennium ending June 30, 2005, no more 
 15.25  than $673,625,000 will need to be 
 15.26  transferred from the general fund to 
 15.27  the state bond fund to pay principal 
 15.28  and interest due and to become due on 
 15.29  outstanding state general obligation 
 15.30  bonds.  During the biennium, before 
 15.31  each sale of state general obligation 
 15.32  bonds, the commissioner of finance 
 15.33  shall calculate the amount of debt 
 15.34  service payments needed on bonds 
 15.35  previously issued and shall estimate 
 15.36  the amount of debt service payments 
 15.37  that will be needed on the bonds 
 15.38  scheduled to be sold.  The commissioner 
 15.39  shall adjust the amount of bonds 
 15.40  scheduled to be sold so as to remain 
 15.41  within the limit set by this section.  
 15.42  The amount needed to make the debt 
 15.43  service payments is appropriated from 
 15.44  the general fund as provided in 
 15.45  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641.  
 15.46     Sec. 16.  [BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.] 
 15.47     To provide the money appropriated in this article from the 
 15.48  bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of finance shall sell and 
 15.49  issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $230,890,000 in the 
 15.50  manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by 
 15.51  Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the 
 15.52  Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.  
 15.53     Sec. 17.  [ALTERNATIVE FACILITIES BONDING AND LEVY 
 15.54  EXCEPTION.] 
 15.55     Subdivision 1.  [AUTHORIZATION.] Notwithstanding Minnesota 
 16.1   Statutes, section 123B.59, due to the unsafe microbe infestation 
 16.2   at Forest elementary school in independent school district No. 
 16.3   281, Robbinsdale, the district may use the alternative 
 16.4   facilities bonding and levy program under Minnesota Statutes, 
 16.5   section 123B.59, for the costs associated with new construction 
 16.6   to replace the Forest elementary school, if the costs associated 
 16.7   with the replacement are less than repair of the existing school.
 16.8      Subd. 2.  [REVERSE REFERENDUM.] A bond issue or levy 
 16.9   tentatively authorized by the board under subdivision 1 becomes 
 16.10  finally authorized unless a petition signed by more than five 
 16.11  percent of the registered voters of the district is filed with 
 16.12  the school board within 30 days of the board's adoption of a 
 16.13  resolution stating the board's intention to issue bonds or 
 16.14  impose the levy, or both.  The percentage is to be determined 
 16.15  with reference to the number of registered voters in the 
 16.16  district on the last day before the petition is filed with the 
 16.17  board.  The petition must call for a referendum on the question 
 16.18  of whether to issue the bonds or impose the levy, or both, for 
 16.19  the projects under this section.  The approval of a majority of 
 16.20  those voting on the question is required to pass a referendum 
 16.21  authorized by this subdivision. 
 16.22     Sec. 18.  Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 13, subdivision 
 16.23  8, is amended to read: 
 16.24  Subd. 8.  State-owned Property 
 16.25  The commissioner may enter into a 
 16.26  ground lease for state-owned property 
 16.27  in the capitol complex in conjunction 
 16.28  with the execution of a lease-purchase 
 16.29  agreement for any improvements 
 16.30  constructed on that site. 
 16.31  Notwithstanding the requirements of 
 16.32  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695, 
 16.33  subdivision 2, paragraph (b), the 
 16.34  ground lease must be for a term equal 
 16.35  to the term of the lease-purchase 
 16.36  agreement, and must include an option 
 16.37  to purchase the land at its then fair 
 16.38  market value if the improvements are 
 16.39  not purchased by the state at the end 
 16.40  of the term of the lease-purchase 
 16.41  agreement, or at any earlier time that 
 16.42  the lease-purchase agreement is 
 16.43  terminated.  
 16.44  The commissioner of administration may 
 16.45  lease surface, air, and utility rights 
 16.46  for state-owned property in a parking 
 17.1   structure constructed under subdivision 
 17.2   7 and this subdivision for a term up to 
 17.3   50 years, subject to the right of the 
 17.4   state to terminate the lease if the 
 17.5   parking structure is demolished.  
 17.6      Sec. 19.  [FLOOD HAZARD MITIGATION GRANTS; PARTIAL 
 17.7   COMPLETION OF PROJECTS.] 
 17.8      The commissioner of natural resources may allocate money 
 17.9   for the flood hazard mitigation grants from the appropriation in 
 17.10  Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 7, subdivision 20, as amended by 
 17.11  Laws 2002, First Special Session chapter 1, section 12, and from 
 17.12  the appropriations in this act, for partial construction of 
 17.13  projects, notwithstanding that the projects will not be 
 17.14  completed until an additional appropriation is made, and 
 17.15  notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.31, subdivision 
 17.16  2.  
 17.17     Sec. 20.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 17.18     This article is effective the day following final enactment.
 17.19                             ARTICLE 2
 17.20                    ROSEAU FLOOD APPROPRIATIONS
 17.21  Section 1.  [CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS.] 
 17.22     The sums in the column under "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
 17.23  appropriated from the bond proceeds fund, or another named fund, 
 17.24  to the state agencies or officials indicated, to be spent for 
 17.25  public purposes.  Appropriations of bond proceeds must be spent 
 17.26  as authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 
 17.27  5, paragraph (a), to acquire and better public land and 
 17.28  buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature, or 
 17.29  as authorized by article XI, section 5, paragraphs (b) to (j), 
 17.30  or article XIV.  Unless otherwise specified, the appropriations 
 17.31  in this article are available until the project is completed or 
 17.32  abandoned.  If there is a shortage of money for a program or 
 17.33  project funded in this article, or in the money available for 
 17.34  state and local match under Minnesota Statutes, section 12.221, 
 17.35  unused general fund money appropriated for any other program or 
 17.36  project in this article may be transferred by an interagency 
 17.37  agreement approved by the commissioner of finance to cover the 
 17.38  shortfall. 
 18.1      The term "the area included in DR-1419," when used in this 
 18.2   article, means the area designated under Presidential 
 18.3   Declaration of Major Disaster, DR-1419, whether included in the 
 18.4   original declaration or added later by federal government action.
 18.5                               SUMMARY 
 18.6   TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT                   $    1,625,000 
 18.7   NATURAL RESOURCES                                     3,000,000 
 18.8   TRANSPORTATION                                        1,400,000 
 18.9   TOTAL                                            $    6,025,000
 18.10  Bond Proceeds Fund                                    4,625,000 
 18.11  Transportation Fund                                   1,400,000 
 18.12                                                   APPROPRIATIONS
 18.13                                                   $ 
 18.14  Sec. 2.  TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
 18.15  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of
 18.16  trade and economic development, to be
 18.17  known as the commissioner of employment
 18.18  and economic development as of July 1, 
 18.19  2003, for the purposes specified in
 18.20  this section                                          1,625,000
 18.21  Subd. 2.  Public Infrastructure                       1,125,000
 18.22  To the public facilities authority for
 18.23  grants to local units of government to 
 18.24  assist with the cost of rehabilitation 
 18.25  and replacement of publicly owned 
 18.26  infrastructure, including storm sewers, 
 18.27  wastewater and municipal utility 
 18.28  service, drinking water systems, and 
 18.29  other infrastructure damaged by 
 18.30  flooding in the area included in 
 18.31  DR-1419. 
 18.32  For the purposes of this appropriation, 
 18.33  criteria, limitations, and repayment 
 18.34  requirements in Minnesota Statutes, 
 18.35  sections 446A.07, 446A.072, and 
 18.36  446A.081, are waived. 
 18.37  Subd. 3.  Capital Project Grant                         500,000
 18.38  For a grant to the city of Roseau to 
 18.39  relocate the flood damaged city hall, 
 18.40  auditorium, library, museum, and police 
 18.41  department out of the Roseau River 
 18.42  floodway as a result of flooding as 
 18.43  declared in DR-1419, and in accordance 
 18.44  with Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.86.
 18.45  Sec. 3.  NATURAL RESOURCES                                      
 18.46  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of
 18.47  natural resources for the purposes       
 18.48  specified in this section                             3,000,000
 18.49  Subd. 2.  Flood Hazard Mitigation Grants              3,000,000
 19.1   For the state share of flood hazard 
 19.2   mitigation grants for publicly owned 
 19.3   capital improvements to prevent or 
 19.4   alleviate flood damage under Minnesota 
 19.5   Statutes, section 103F.161. 
 19.6   The commissioner shall determine 
 19.7   project priorities as appropriate based 
 19.8   on need. 
 19.9   To the extent that the costs of the 
 19.10  100-year flood protection projects in 
 19.11  Roseau exceed two percent of the median 
 19.12  household income in the municipality 
 19.13  multiplied by the number of households 
 19.14  in the municipality, this appropriation 
 19.15  is also for the local share of the 
 19.16  project. 
 19.17  $1,000,000 is to buy out property 
 19.18  substantially damaged by flooding in 
 19.19  the area included in DR-1419.  
 19.20  Sec. 4.  TRANSPORTATION                                        
 19.21  To the commissioner of transportation
 19.22  for the purposes specified in this section            1,400,000
 19.23  This appropriation is from the bond 
 19.24  proceeds account in the state 
 19.25  transportation fund. 
 19.26  $1,000,000 is from grants to local 
 19.27  governments for capital costs related 
 19.28  to the rehabilitation, replacement, or 
 19.29  reconstruction of roads or bridges 
 19.30  damaged or destroyed by flooding or 
 19.31  that provide future protection from 
 19.32  flood damages in the area included in 
 19.33  DR-1419.  A grantee must submit to the 
 19.34  commissioner of transportation final 
 19.35  plans for each project before grant 
 19.36  money may be released.  The 
 19.37  commissioner shall determine project 
 19.38  priorities and plans and require 
 19.39  changes to ensure the most prudent use 
 19.40  of state resources. 
 19.41  $400,000 is for a grant to the county 
 19.42  of Polk to repair a structure north of 
 19.43  Climax on marked state highway 220 
 19.44  damaged by flooding. 
 19.45  For grants under this section, the 
 19.46  requirements of Minnesota Statutes, 
 19.47  section 174.50, subdivisions 4, 5, 6, 
 19.48  6a, and 7, are waived. 
 19.49     Sec. 5.  [BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.] 
 19.50     Subdivision 1.  [BOND PROCEEDS FUND.] To provide the money 
 19.51  appropriated in this article from the bond proceeds fund, the 
 19.52  commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state 
 19.53  in an amount up to $4,625,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and 
 19.54  with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 
 19.55  16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article 
 20.1   XI, sections 4 to 7.  
 20.2      Subd. 2.  [TRANSPORTATION FUND.] To provide the money 
 20.3   appropriated in this article from the state transportation fund, 
 20.4   the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the 
 20.5   state in an amount up to $1,400,000 in the manner, upon the 
 20.6   terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, 
 20.7   sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, 
 20.8   article XI, sections 4 to 7.  The proceeds of the bonds, except 
 20.9   accrued interest and any premium received on the sale of the 
 20.10  bonds, must be credited to a bond proceeds account in the state 
 20.11  transportation fund. 
 20.12     Sec. 6.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 20.13     This article is effective the day following final enactment.