SF 2325

as introduced - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 02/09/2010 11:36pm

A bill for an act
relating to capital improvements; creating a cooperative local facilities grant
program; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds; appropriating money;
proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16B.

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

Section 1.

new text begin [16B.355] COOPERATIVE LOCAL FACILITIES GRANTS.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Grants authorized. new text end

new text begin The commissioner shall make grants to
counties, cities, towns, and school districts to acquire, construct, or renovate public land
and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature for cooperative facilities
to be owned and operated by the grantees.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Match. new text end

new text begin A grant under this section may not be made until the commissioner
has determined that at least 30 percent of the total project cost has been committed to
the project from nonstate sources.
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new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Amount. new text end

new text begin No more than one-third of the amount appropriated by any one
appropriation act may be granted to any one project.
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new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Application. new text end

new text begin (a) To be eligible to receive a grant, the grant application
must be made to the commissioner on behalf of any combination of at least three counties,
cities, towns, or school districts. The grant applicants must have entered into a joint
powers agreement and formed a joint powers board under section 471.59 to govern the
facilities. The joint powers board must approve the application by resolution.
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new text begin (b) The grant application must demonstrate that acquisition, construction, or
renovation of the cooperative facilities will improve the delivery of services by the
grant applicants and will generate savings to the applicants in operating their buildings
and programs.
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new text begin (c) The commissioner shall prescribe and provide the application form. The
application must include at least the following information:
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new text begin (1) identification of the facilities;
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new text begin (2) a plan for the facilities;
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new text begin (3) a description of how the facilities will improve the delivery of governmental
services by the applicants;
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new text begin (4) a detailed estimate, along with necessary supporting evidence, of the total costs
for the facilities;
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new text begin (5) an estimate of the dates when the facilities for which the grant is requested will
be contracted for and completed;
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new text begin (6) a detailed estimate, along with necessary supporting evidence, of the savings in
operating costs of buildings and programs that the project will generate;
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new text begin (7) the manner in which the applicants will meet the local match requirement; and
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new text begin (8) any additional information or material the commissioner prescribes.
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new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Priority. new text end

new text begin The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of
management and budget and the commissioners of other state departments, as appropriate,
shall give priority to projects that demonstrate a significant increase in cooperation as
measured by one or more of the following criteria:
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new text begin (1) improved quality, access, transparency, or level of service to citizens;
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new text begin (2) fundamental change in the organization of service delivery;
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new text begin (3) substantial savings in operating costs; or
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new text begin (4) positive return on investment over the life of the facility.
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new text begin Subd. 6. new text end

new text begin Geographic distribution. new text end

new text begin At least half the money provided as grants each
fiscal biennium must be for projects located outside the seven-county metropolitan area, as
defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2.
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Sec. 2. new text begin COOPERATIVE FACILITIES GRANTS; APPROPRIATION.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Appropriation. new text end

new text begin $20,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds
fund to the commissioner of administration to make grants to counties, cities, towns,
and school districts to construct or renovate cooperative local facilities under Minnesota
Statutes, section 16B.355.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Bond sale. new text end

new text begin To provide the money appropriated in this section from the
bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue
bonds of the state in an amount up to $20,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with
the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the
Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
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Sec. 3. new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.
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new text begin This act is effective the day following final enactment.
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