SF 2879

1st Engrossment - 79th Legislature (1995 - 1996) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to public administration; authorizing 
  1.3             spending to acquire and to better public land and 
  1.4             buildings and other public improvements of a capital 
  1.5             nature with certain conditions; authorizing issuance 
  1.6             of bonds; requiring payment for debt service; 
  1.7             appropriating money, with certain conditions; amending 
  1.8             Minnesota Statutes 1994, sections 16A.632, by adding a 
  1.9             subdivision; 16A.641, subdivision 8; 16A.695, by 
  1.10            adding a subdivision; 16B.24, subdivision 6; 16B.335, 
  1.11            subdivision 3; 41B.19, subdivision 1; 84.033; 124.493, 
  1.12            by adding a subdivision; 134.45, subdivision 6; and 
  1.13            135A.046, subdivision 3; Minnesota Statutes 1995 
  1.14            Supplement, sections 16A.28, subdivision 5; 16B.335, 
  1.15            subdivisions 1 and 2; 134.45, subdivision 2; 240A.09; 
  1.16            and 473.901, subdivision 1; Laws 1990, chapter 535, 
  1.17            section 3, subdivision 3; Laws 1994, chapter 643, 
  1.18            section 11, subdivision 11, as amended; 23, 
  1.19            subdivision 20; 27, subdivision 2; and 79, subdivision 
  1.20            8; Laws 1995, First Special Session chapter 2, article 
  1.21            1, section 13; proposing coding for new law in 
  1.22            Minnesota Statutes, chapters 129D; 446A; and 473; 
  1.23            repealing Minnesota Statutes 1994, sections 15.50, 
  1.24            subdivision 5; 116.162, as amended; and 446A.071, 
  1.25            subdivisions 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8; Minnesota 
  1.26            Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 446A.071, 
  1.27            subdivision 2; Laws 1994, chapter 643, section 24, 
  1.28            subdivision 3. 
  1.29  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.30  Section 1.  [CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  1.31     The sums in the column under "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
  1.32  appropriated from the bond proceeds fund, or another named fund, 
  1.33  to the state agencies or officials indicated, to be spent to 
  1.34  acquire and to better public land and buildings and other public 
  1.35  improvements of a capital nature, as specified in this act. 
  1.36                              SUMMARY 
  1.37  MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES        $   68,331,000
  2.1   UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA                              84,484,000
  2.2   CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND LEARNING                     16,100,000
  2.3   CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION                             7,245,000
  2.4   RESIDENTIAL ACADEMIES                                 2,740,000
  2.5   NATURAL RESOURCES                                    46,776,000
  2.6   POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY                              3,550,000
  2.7   PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY                          29,600,000
  2.8   BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES                    13,250,000
  2.9   AGRICULTURE                                          41,000,000
  2.10  ADMINISTRATION                                       40,212,000
  2.11  CAPITOL AREA ARCHITECTURAL AND PLANNING BOARD         9,050,000
  2.12  AMATEUR SPORTS COMMISSION                             9,300,000
  2.13  MILITARY AFFAIRS                                        750,000
  2.14  ECONOMIC SECURITY                                     2,000,000
  2.15  HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY                                2,500,000
  2.16  MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY                          4,100,000
  2.17  PUBLIC SERVICE                                        4,000,000
  2.18  TRANSPORTATION                                       27,500,000
  2.19  CORRECTIONS                                          96,403,000
  2.20  HUMAN SERVICES                                       11,022,000
  2.21  VETERANS HOMES BOARD                                    742,000
  2.22  GRANTS TO POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS                     66,182,000
  2.23  BOND SALE EXPENSES                                      552,000
  2.24  TOTAL                                            $  587,389,000
  2.25  Bond Proceeds Fund                                  560,295,000
  2.26  Transportation Fund                                  10,000,000
  2.27  Trunk Highway Fund                                   14,332,000
  2.28  General Fund                                          1,262,000
  2.29  County State-Aid Highway Fund                         1,162,000
  2.30  Municipal State-Aid Street Fund                         338,000
  2.31                                                   APPROPRIATIONS 
  2.32                                                   $
  2.33  Sec. 2.  MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES
  2.34  AND UNIVERSITIES 
  2.35  Subdivision 1.  To the board of 
  2.36  trustees of the Minnesota state colleges 
  2.37  and universities for the purposes specified 
  2.38  in this section                                      68,331,000
  3.1   Subd. 2.  The board of trustees is 
  3.2   requested to conduct a thorough 
  3.3   evaluation of all buildings under its 
  3.4   jurisdiction to determine the condition 
  3.5   and the repair and betterment 
  3.6   requirements.  The evaluation shall 
  3.7   include a review of the energy 
  3.8   efficiency of all major building 
  3.9   systems.  The information should be 
  3.10  compiled for each campus and summarized 
  3.11  for the entire system.  
  3.12  Subd. 3.  Higher Education Asset 
  3.13  Preservation and Renewal                             24,000,000 
  3.14  This appropriation may only be spent in 
  3.15  accordance with Minnesota Statutes, 
  3.16  section 135A.046.  
  3.17  Subd. 4.  Anoka Hennepin Technical College 
  3.18  The board of trustees of the Minnesota 
  3.19  state colleges and universities may 
  3.20  acquire the aviation management 
  3.21  facility and corresponding real 
  3.22  property leased for use by the Anoka 
  3.23  Hennepin technical college at the Anoka 
  3.24  county airport, according to the terms 
  3.25  of the existing lease agreement. 
  3.26  Subd. 5.  Anoka Ramsey Community College 
  3.27  (a) Design and construct 
  3.28  a replacement energy plant 
  3.29  and service elevator                                  4,510,000
  3.30  (b) Addition and Remodeling                          10,430,000
  3.31  This appropriation is to design and 
  3.32  construct an addition and remodel 
  3.33  existing space to provide classrooms, a 
  3.34  learning resource center, computer 
  3.35  labs, a developmental learning center, 
  3.36  science labs, nursing and student 
  3.37  services facilities, offices, and a 
  3.38  campus center. 
  3.39  Subd. 6.  Hutchinson Technical 
  3.40  College                                               2,000,000 
  3.41  Design and construct a heating, 
  3.42  ventilation, and air conditioning 
  3.43  system. 
  3.44  Subd. 7.  Mankato State University  
  3.45  (a) Construct a hazardous 
  3.46  waste facility                                          270,000
  3.47  (b) Construct a chiller 
  3.48  plant addition                                        1,050,000
  3.49  Subd. 8.  Mesabi Community  
  3.50  College                                               1,230,000 
  3.51  Design and construct improvements for 
  3.52  code compliance and life safety; 
  3.53  telecommunications upgrades; 
  3.54  mechanical, heating, venting, and air 
  3.55  conditioning improvements; and 
  4.1   electrical upgrading. 
  4.2   Subd. 9.  Metro State University, 
  4.3   Minneapolis Region Campus Planning 
  4.4   In selecting a site for the Metro State 
  4.5   University, Minneapolis Region campus, 
  4.6   it is the intent of the legislature 
  4.7   that the board of trustees determine 
  4.8   how best to improve the delivery of 
  4.9   comprehensive, quality educational 
  4.10  programs.  The board shall seek input 
  4.11  from the communities, business 
  4.12  interests, elected officials, and other 
  4.13  interested parties, including the 
  4.14  University of Minnesota. 
  4.15  In reviewing site options, the board 
  4.16  shall strongly consider consolidating 
  4.17  the programs of Minneapolis Community 
  4.18  College and Minneapolis Technical 
  4.19  College with Metropolitan State 
  4.20  University and utilizing the current 
  4.21  location of the Minneapolis community 
  4.22  and technical colleges for a fully 
  4.23  integrated and consolidated campus 
  4.24  under a single administration. 
  4.25  Subd. 10.  Metro State University, 
  4.26  St. Paul Region Campus                                  200,000
  4.27  This appropriation is to design a 
  4.28  library for the St. Paul campus.  This 
  4.29  appropriation must be matched by an 
  4.30  equal amount from nonstate sources. 
  4.31  Subd. 11.  Minneapolis Community 
  4.32  College                                               4,330,000 
  4.33  Design and construct modifications to 
  4.34  the air handling system and fire alarm 
  4.35  system, replace temperature control 
  4.36  system, air handling units, and 
  4.37  chillers.  
  4.38  Subd. 12.  Moorhead State   
  4.39  University                                            1,800,000 
  4.40  Construct a storm water drainage system 
  4.41  for the campus. 
  4.42  Subd. 13.  North Hennepin   
  4.43  Community College                                     3,846,000 
  4.44  Design and construct phase 2 learning 
  4.45  resource center. 
  4.46  Subd. 14.  Staples Technical
  4.47  College                                                 225,000 
  4.48  Design a replacement west campus. 
  4.49  Subd. 15.  St. Cloud State  
  4.50  University                                            3,500,000 
  4.51  Design and construct an electrical 
  4.52  distribution system replacement and 
  4.53  tunnels for the electrical system. 
  4.54  Subd. 16.  Technical Training 
  4.55  Facility                                              1,000,000
  5.1   To design, construct, furnish, and 
  5.2   equip a classroom instruction facility 
  5.3   in cooperation with a manufacturer.  
  5.4   This appropriation is subject to 
  5.5   negotiation of a use agreement between 
  5.6   the commissioner of administration and 
  5.7   the manufacturer.  The agreement must 
  5.8   include provisions for ownership, 
  5.9   equipment, maintenance, and management 
  5.10  of the instructional facility.  The 
  5.11  agreement must also include provisions 
  5.12  for instructional services for students 
  5.13  in Minnesota state college and 
  5.14  university programs.  The commissioner 
  5.15  shall consult with the chancellor of 
  5.16  the Minnesota state colleges and 
  5.17  universities in negotiating the 
  5.18  educational provisions of the use 
  5.19  agreement.  The agreements entered into 
  5.20  under this section are subject to 
  5.21  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695. 
  5.22  Subd. 17.  Vermillion Community
  5.23  College                                               1,890,000 
  5.24  Design and construct improvements for 
  5.25  code compliance, telecommunications 
  5.26  upgrade, mechanical upgrades, heating, 
  5.27  ventilation, and air conditioning 
  5.28  improvements, and electrical 
  5.29  modifications. 
  5.30  Subd. 18.  Willmar Technical
  5.31  College                                               2,150,000 
  5.32  Construct major modifications to the 
  5.33  heating, ventilation, and air 
  5.34  conditioning systems, install a 
  5.35  sprinkler system and telecommunications 
  5.36  cable trays. 
  5.37  Subd. 19.  Winona State     
  5.38  University                                            2,200,000 
  5.39  Construct a chiller plant addition. 
  5.40  Subd. 20.  Land acquisitions to expand 
  5.41  the state university campuses at 
  5.42  St. Paul, St. Cloud, and Moorhead                     3,700,000
  5.43  No more than $1,200,000 of this 
  5.44  appropriation may be used to acquire 
  5.45  land in the vicinity of the St. Paul 
  5.46  region campus. 
  5.47  Subd. 21.  Debt Service
  5.48  (a) The board shall pay one-third of 
  5.49  the debt service on state bonds sold to 
  5.50  finance projects authorized by 
  5.51  subdivisions 5, item (b), 10, 13, 14, 
  5.52  and 20.  After each sale of general 
  5.53  obligation bonds, the commissioner of 
  5.54  finance shall notify the board of the 
  5.55  amounts assessed for each year for the 
  5.56  life of the bonds. 
  5.57  (b) The commissioner shall reduce the 
  5.58  board's assessment each year by 
  5.59  one-third of the net income from 
  6.1   investment of general obligation bond 
  6.2   proceeds in proportion to the amount of 
  6.3   principal and interest otherwise 
  6.4   required to be paid by the board.  The 
  6.5   board shall pay its resulting net 
  6.6   assessment to the commissioner of 
  6.7   finance by December 1 each year.  If 
  6.8   the board fails to make a payment when 
  6.9   due, the commissioner of finance shall 
  6.10  reduce allotments for appropriations 
  6.11  from the general fund otherwise 
  6.12  available to the board and apply the 
  6.13  amount of the reduction to cover the 
  6.14  missed debt service payment.  The 
  6.15  commissioner of finance shall credit 
  6.16  the payments received from the board to 
  6.17  the bond debt service account in the 
  6.18  state bond fund each December 1 before 
  6.19  money is transferred from the general 
  6.20  fund under Minnesota Statutes, section 
  6.21  16A.641, subdivision 10. 
  6.22  Sec. 3.  UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA 
  6.23  Subdivision 1.  To the board of regents 
  6.24  of the University of Minnesota for the 
  6.25  purposes specified in this section                   84,484,000
  6.26  Subd. 2.  Higher Education Asset 
  6.27  Preservation and Renewal                             18,000,000
  6.28  This appropriation may only be spent in 
  6.29  accordance with Minnesota Statutes, 
  6.30  section 135A.046.  
  6.31  The commissioner of finance shall not 
  6.32  release the appropriation in this 
  6.33  subdivision until the University of 
  6.34  Minnesota has provided to the 
  6.35  commissioner a list of buildings that 
  6.36  will be decommissioned. 
  6.37  Subd. 3.  Facility Renewal                            9,000,000
  6.38  This appropriation is to renew existing 
  6.39  classrooms and instructional spaces.  
  6.40  The commissioner of finance shall not 
  6.41  release the appropriation in this 
  6.42  subdivision until the University of 
  6.43  Minnesota has provided to the 
  6.44  commissioner a list of buildings that 
  6.45  will be decommissioned. 
  6.46  Subd. 4.  Minnesota Library Access 
  6.47  Center                                               40,900,000
  6.48  To construct, furnish, and equip the 
  6.49  Minnesota library access center to 
  6.50  house the university's archives and 
  6.51  special collections, immigration 
  6.52  history research center documents and 
  6.53  collections, to store less frequently 
  6.54  used library materials for state 
  6.55  university, private college, city, 
  6.56  county, and regional libraries in the 
  6.57  state, and to house Minitex services. 
  6.58  Subd. 5.  Architecture Renovation                     9,000,000
  6.59  This appropriation is to renovate the 
  7.1   existing architecture building to 
  7.2   correct building code violations, meet 
  7.3   energy code requirements, and make the 
  7.4   building accessible to people with 
  7.5   disabilities. 
  7.6   Subd. 6.  Crookston                                   3,050,000 
  7.7   To design and construct a 
  7.8   controlled-environment science facility 
  7.9   and construct a connecting road. 
  7.10  Subd. 7.  Duluth                                      1,430,000 
  7.11  Design a replacement library. 
  7.12  Subd. 8.  Morris                                      3,000,000 
  7.13  To design a science laboratory 
  7.14  addition, student support facilities, 
  7.15  power plant addition, and physical 
  7.16  education addition. 
  7.17  Subd. 9.  Willmar Poultry 
  7.18  Testing Laboratory                                      104,000
  7.19  This appropriation is to pay the 
  7.20  difference in an exchange of land and 
  7.21  facilities for the poultry testing 
  7.22  laboratory in Willmar.  
  7.23  Subd. 10.  Debt Service 
  7.24  (a) The board of regents shall pay 
  7.25  one-third of the debt service on state 
  7.26  bonds sold to finance projects 
  7.27  authorized by subdivisions 4 to 9 of 
  7.28  this section.  After each sale of 
  7.29  general obligation bonds, the 
  7.30  commissioner of finance shall notify 
  7.31  the board of regents of the amounts 
  7.32  assessed for each year for the life of 
  7.33  the bonds. 
  7.34  (b) The commissioner shall reduce the 
  7.35  board's assessment each year by 
  7.36  one-third of the net income from 
  7.37  investment of general obligation bond 
  7.38  proceeds in proportion to the amount of 
  7.39  principal and interest otherwise 
  7.40  required to be paid by the board.  The 
  7.41  board shall pay its resulting net 
  7.42  assessment to the commissioner of 
  7.43  finance by December 1 each year.  If 
  7.44  the board fails to make a payment when 
  7.45  due, the commissioner of finance shall 
  7.46  reduce allotments for appropriations 
  7.47  from the general fund otherwise 
  7.48  available to the board and apply the 
  7.49  amount of the reduction to cover the 
  7.50  missed debt service payment.  The 
  7.51  commissioner of finance shall credit 
  7.52  the payments received from the board to 
  7.53  the bond debt service account in the 
  7.54  state bond fund each December 1 before 
  7.55  money is transferred from the general 
  7.56  fund under Minnesota Statutes, section 
  7.57  16A.641, subdivision 10. 
  7.58  Sec. 4.  CAPITAL BUDGET PRIORITIES
  8.1   It is the intent of the legislature to 
  8.2   give priority for future capital 
  8.3   projects to campuses that:  (1) combine 
  8.4   two or more administrations into a 
  8.5   single administration; and (2) 
  8.6   eliminate duplicate course offerings 
  8.7   that had been in existence prior to the 
  8.8   installation of a single administration.
  8.9   For any new construction that may be 
  8.10  authorized, it is the intent of the 
  8.11  legislature to give priority of funding 
  8.12  to projects that had prior legislative 
  8.13  authorization for preconstruction 
  8.14  activities. 
  8.15  Sec. 5.  CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND LEARNING                      
  8.16  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner 
  8.17  of children, families, and learning, for 
  8.18  the purposes specified in this section               16,100,000
  8.19  Subd. 2.  Youth Activity Collaborative Grants        16,000,000 
  8.20  For grants to repair, replace, design, 
  8.21  furnish, equip, or construct parks and 
  8.22  recreation buildings and school 
  8.23  buildings and buildings for lease to 
  8.24  nonprofit community organizations, 
  8.25  subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
  8.26  16A.695, to provide youth, grades 
  8.27  fourth through eighth, with regular 
  8.28  enrichment activities during nonschool 
  8.29  hours, including after school, 
  8.30  evenings, weekends, and school vacation 
  8.31  periods.  Enrichment programs include 
  8.32  academic enrichment, homework 
  8.33  assistance, computer and technology 
  8.34  use, arts and cultural activities, 
  8.35  clubs, school-to-work and work force 
  8.36  development, athletic, and recreational 
  8.37  activities.  Grants must be used to 
  8.38  expand the number of children 
  8.39  participating in enrichment programs or 
  8.40  improve the quality or range of program 
  8.41  offerings.  The facilities must be 
  8.42  fully available for programming 
  8.43  sponsored by youth-serving nonprofit 
  8.44  and community groups, or school or city 
  8.45  programs, for maximum hours after 
  8.46  school, evenings, weekends, summers, 
  8.47  and other school vacation periods.  
  8.48  Priority must be given to proposals 
  8.49  that demonstrate collaboration among 
  8.50  private, nonprofit, and public 
  8.51  agencies, including regional entities 
  8.52  dealing with at-risk youth, and 
  8.53  community and parent organizations in 
  8.54  arranging for programming, staffing, 
  8.55  transportation, and equipment.  All 
  8.56  proposals must include an inventory of 
  8.57  existing facilities and an assessment 
  8.58  of programming needs in the community. 
  8.59  (a) Youth activity collaboration grants               
  8.60  to the city of Minneapolis or special 
  8.61  school district No. 1, Minneapolis                    5,000,000
  8.62  Of this amount, at least $2,500,000 
  8.63  must be used in the neighborhoods of 
  8.64  the Near North Side, Hawthorne, 
  9.1   Sumner-Glenwood, Powderhorn, Central, 
  9.2   Whittier, and Phillips. 
  9.3   (b) Youth activity collaboration grants 
  9.4   to the city of St. Paul or independent
  9.5   school district No. 625, St. Paul                     5,000,000
  9.6   Of this amount, at least $2,500,000 
  9.7   must be used in the neighborhoods of 
  9.8   Summit-University, Thomas-Dale, North 
  9.9   End, Payne-Phalen, Daytons Bluff, and 
  9.10  the West Side. 
  9.11  Up to $100,000 may be used to develop 
  9.12  urban sports facilities for at-risk 
  9.13  inner city youth, including those older 
  9.14  than eighth grade. 
  9.15  (c) Youth activity collaboration grants
  9.16  outside of the cities of Minneapolis 
  9.17  and St. Paul                                          6,000,000
  9.18  Priority must be given to school 
  9.19  attendance areas with high 
  9.20  concentrations of children eligible for 
  9.21  free or reduced school lunch and to 
  9.22  government units demonstrating a 
  9.23  commitment to collaborative youth 
  9.24  efforts. 
  9.25  (d) Each grant must be matched by $1 
  9.26  from local sources for each $2 of state 
  9.27  money.  In-kind contributions of 
  9.28  facilities may be used for the local 
  9.29  match.  The value of in-kind 
  9.30  contributions must be determined by the 
  9.31  commissioner of finance.  
  9.32  Subd. 3.  Independent School
  9.33  District No. 38, Red Lake                               100,000
  9.34  For a grant to independent school 
  9.35  district No. 38, Red Lake, for the 
  9.36  construction of a classroom space for 
  9.37  interactive television instruction.  
  9.38  This grant is only available if the 
  9.39  district rebuilds other space with 
  9.40  insurance proceeds. 
  9.41  Sec. 6.  CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION 
  9.42  Subdivision 1.  To the 
  9.43  commissioner of administration for
  9.44  the purposes specified in this section                7,245,000
  9.45  Subd. 2.  Asset Preservation                            366,000
  9.46  For design and construction of 
  9.47  sprinkler systems, road reconstruction, 
  9.48  and sidewalk replacement in accordance 
  9.49  with Minnesota Statutes, section 
  9.50  16A.632.  
  9.51  Subd. 3.  Instructional Resource Facility             6,879,000
  9.52  To design, construct, furnish, and 
  9.53  equip a new instructional resource 
  9.54  facility. 
  9.55  Sec. 7.  RESIDENTIAL ACADEMIES AT FARIBAULT 
 10.1   Subdivision 1.  To the 
 10.2   commissioner of administration for the 
 10.3   purposes specified in this section                    2,740,000
 10.4   Subd. 2.  Asset Preservation                          1,000,000
 10.5   For unanticipated emergencies of a 
 10.6   capital nature, projects to remove life 
 10.7   safety hazards and code violations, 
 10.8   elimination or containment of hazardous 
 10.9   substances, and replacement and repair 
 10.10  of roofs, windows, building components, 
 10.11  HVAC systems, sidewalks, and other 
 10.12  capital assets in accordance with 
 10.13  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.632. 
 10.14  Subd. 3.  Demolition of Dow Hall                      1,184,000
 10.15  To demolish Dow hall and the old 
 10.16  industrial building at the Minnesota 
 10.17  state academy for the blind in order to 
 10.18  remove potential safety hazards.  This 
 10.19  appropriation is also available to 
 10.20  construct surface parking on the site 
 10.21  following demolition. 
 10.22  Subd. 4.  Exterior Lighting                             556,000
 10.23  To design and construct exterior 
 10.24  lighting. 
 10.25  Sec. 8.  NATURAL RESOURCES 
 10.26  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of
 10.27  natural resources or another named officer     
 10.28  for the purposes specified in this section           46,776,000
 10.29  Subd. 2.  Asset Preservation                          2,000,000
 10.30  To the commissioner of administration 
 10.31  for repair and renovations of 
 10.32  department of natural resources land, 
 10.33  buildings, or other improvements of a 
 10.34  capital nature throughout the state in 
 10.35  accordance with Minnesota Statutes, 
 10.36  section 16A.632.  The commissioner of 
 10.37  natural resources shall determine 
 10.38  project priorities as appropriate based 
 10.39  upon need. 
 10.40  Subd. 3.  Office Facility 
 10.41  Completions                                           1,000,000
 10.42  For design and construction of service 
 10.43  facilities at consolidated office sites.
 10.44  Subd. 4.  Office Facility 
 10.45  Consolidation - New Construction                      1,970,000
 10.46  For design and construction of new 
 10.47  consolidated office facilities at Grand 
 10.48  Marais. 
 10.49  Subd. 5.  State Park and Recreation 
 10.50  Area Building Rehabilitation                          2,500,000
 10.51  For improvements of a capital nature to 
 10.52  repair, rehabilitate, construct, or add 
 10.53  to state park buildings throughout the 
 10.54  state, according to the management plan 
 10.55  required in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
 11.1   86A.  The commissioner shall determine 
 11.2   project priorities as appropriate based 
 11.3   upon need. 
 11.4   Subd. 6.  State Park and Recreation 
 11.5   Area Building Development                             2,000,000
 11.6   To construct, furnish, and equip new 
 11.7   facilities in the state park system, 
 11.8   according to the management plan 
 11.9   required in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
 11.10  86A.  The commissioner shall determine 
 11.11  project priorities as appropriate based 
 11.12  upon need. 
 11.13  Subd. 7.  State Park and Recreation
 11.14  Area Betterment and Rehabilitation                    1,900,000
 11.15  To upgrade, repair, or rehabilitate 
 11.16  improvements of a capital nature at 
 11.17  state park and recreation area 
 11.18  facilities throughout the state, 
 11.19  including, but not limited to, resource 
 11.20  management projects, trail 
 11.21  rehabilitation, campground 
 11.22  rehabilitation, and road and bridge 
 11.23  repair.  The commissioner shall 
 11.24  determine project priorities as 
 11.25  appropriate based upon need. 
 11.26  Subd. 8.  State Park and 
 11.27  Recreation Area Acquisition                           2,000,000
 11.28  For acquisition from willing sellers of 
 11.29  private lands within state park and 
 11.30  recreation area boundaries established 
 11.31  by law.  The commissioner shall 
 11.32  determine project priorities as 
 11.33  appropriate based upon need. 
 11.34  Subd. 9.  Metro Regional Park 
 11.35  Rehabilitation, Acquisition, and
 11.36  Development                                           9,500,000
 11.37  This appropriation is for payment by 
 11.38  the commissioner of natural resources 
 11.39  to the metropolitan council.  The 
 11.40  commissioner shall pay the amount on a 
 11.41  reimbursement basis to the metropolitan 
 11.42  council upon receipt of a certified 
 11.43  copy of a council resolution requesting 
 11.44  payment.  The appropriation must be 
 11.45  used to pay the cost of rehabilitation, 
 11.46  acquisition, and development by the 
 11.47  council and local government units of 
 11.48  regional recreational open-space lands 
 11.49  in accordance with the council's policy 
 11.50  plan as provided in Minnesota Statutes, 
 11.51  section 473.315.  This appropriation 
 11.52  must not be used for research, 
 11.53  planning, administration, or tax 
 11.54  equivalency payments.  This 
 11.55  appropriation may be used for the 
 11.56  purchase of homes only if the purchases 
 11.57  are included in the work program 
 11.58  required by law and they are expressly 
 11.59  approved by the legislative commission 
 11.60  on Minnesota resources. 
 11.61  Subd. 10.  Trail Rehabilitation                          500,000
 12.1   To upgrade, repair, or rehabilitate 
 12.2   improvements of a capital nature on the 
 12.3   Luce line trail, the Douglas trail, and 
 12.4   the North Shore trail.  The 
 12.5   commissioner shall determine project 
 12.6   priorities as appropriate based upon 
 12.7   need. 
 12.8   Subd. 11.  Trail Acquisition 
 12.9   and Development                                       4,000,000
 12.10  For acquisition and development of a 
 12.11  capital nature on state trails as 
 12.12  specified in Minnesota Statutes, 
 12.13  section 85.015.  The commissioner shall 
 12.14  determine project priorities as 
 12.15  appropriate based upon need.  
 12.16  $500,000 of this appropriation is for 
 12.17  acquisition for the Shooting Star and 
 12.18  Goodhue Pioneer trails, provided that 
 12.19  any land acquired must provide a 
 12.20  complete trail segment that connects to 
 12.21  a community or another trail segment. 
 12.22  Subd. 12.  Blue Earth/Minnesota
 12.23  River Trail Acquisition                                  100,000
 12.24  This appropriation is for capital 
 12.25  planning for Blue Earth/Minnesota river 
 12.26  trail acquisition and other 
 12.27  recreational opportunities within the 
 12.28  Minnesota river valley.  The trail is 
 12.29  to run along the Blue Earth river from 
 12.30  Mankato to the Iowa border and along 
 12.31  the Minnesota river from Belle Plaine 
 12.32  to the South Dakota border.  The 
 12.33  commissioner must work with local 
 12.34  communities and citizens for trail 
 12.35  planning purposes.  Planning for other 
 12.36  recreational purposes may include 
 12.37  public water accesses, canoe and 
 12.38  boating routes, and recreation areas 
 12.39  within the Minnesota river valley and 
 12.40  tributaries. 
 12.41  Subd. 13.  Mesabi Trail System                          500,000
 12.42  For a grant to the St. Louis and Lake 
 12.43  counties' regional railroad authority 
 12.44  for completion of the primary segments 
 12.45  of the Mesabi trail system.  This 
 12.46  appropriation is available to the 
 12.47  extent matched by money from other 
 12.48  sources. 
 12.49  Subd. 14.  Well Inventory 
 12.50  and Sealing                                             696,000
 12.51  To seal inactive wells on state-owned 
 12.52  land.  
 12.53  $276,000 of this appropriation is from 
 12.54  the general fund.  The commissioner 
 12.55  shall determine project priorities as 
 12.56  appropriate based upon need. 
 12.57  Subd. 15.  Dam Improvements                          1,560,000
 12.58  For the emergency repair, 
 12.59  reconstruction, or removal of publicly 
 13.1   owned dams throughout the state.  The 
 13.2   commissioner shall determine project 
 13.3   priorities as appropriate based upon 
 13.4   need as provided in Minnesota Statutes, 
 13.5   section 103G.511, and shall include 
 13.6   completion of repairs on the Lake 
 13.7   Zumbro dam. 
 13.8   Subd. 16.  Flood Hazard 
 13.9   Mitigation Grants                                     2,200,000
 13.10  For the flood hazard mitigation grant 
 13.11  program to local government units for 
 13.12  capital improvements to prevent or 
 13.13  alleviate flood damages.  The 
 13.14  commissioner shall determine project 
 13.15  priorities as appropriate based upon 
 13.16  need. 
 13.17  Subd. 17.  RIM Fisheries Improvement 
 13.18  Projects                                                500,000
 13.19  For fish habitat improvement projects 
 13.20  of a capital nature statewide, 
 13.21  including installation of aeration 
 13.22  systems and shoreline stabilization.  
 13.23  The commissioner shall determine 
 13.24  project priorities as appropriate based 
 13.25  upon need. 
 13.26  Subd. 18.  RIM Fisheries
 13.27  Acquisition                                             600,000
 13.28  For acquisition of trout and warm water 
 13.29  stream easements and aquatic management 
 13.30  areas.  The commissioner shall 
 13.31  determine project priorities as 
 13.32  appropriate based upon need. 
 13.33  Subd. 19.  RIM Wildlife, SNA, 
 13.34  and Prairie Bank Improvements                         1,300,000
 13.35  For development, protection, or 
 13.36  improvements of a capital nature to 
 13.37  wildlife management areas, state lands, 
 13.38  scientific and natural areas, and 
 13.39  prairie bank areas throughout the 
 13.40  state.  The commissioner shall 
 13.41  determine project priorities as 
 13.42  appropriate based upon need. 
 13.43  Subd. 20.  RIM Wildlife and Natural Area
 13.44  Land Acquisition                                      7,000,000
 13.45  To acquire land for wildlife management 
 13.46  areas under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 13.47  97A.135, $500,000; to acquire land for 
 13.48  scientific and natural areas under 
 13.49  Minnesota Statutes, section 84.033, 
 13.50  $1,000,000; to acquire native prairie 
 13.51  bank easements under Minnesota 
 13.52  Statutes, section 84.96, $250,000; for 
 13.53  the critical habitat private sector 
 13.54  matching account under Minnesota 
 13.55  Statutes, section 84.943, $4,250,000; 
 13.56  and for acquisition and wetland 
 13.57  restoration under the North American 
 13.58  Waterfowl Management Plan, $1,000,000.  
 13.59  The commissioner shall determine 
 13.60  project priorities as appropriate based 
 13.61  upon need. 
 14.1    Subd. 21.  Forest Road and 
 14.2   Bridge Projects                                         250,000
 14.3   For reconstruction, resurfacing, 
 14.4   replacement, or construction of 
 14.5   improvements of a capital nature to 
 14.6   state forest roads and bridges 
 14.7   throughout the state.  The commissioner 
 14.8   shall determine project priorities as 
 14.9   appropriate based upon need. 
 14.10  Subd. 22.  St. Louis River
 14.11  Land Acquisition                                      2,200,000
 14.12  To acquire and preserve undeveloped 
 14.13  lands located along the St. Louis, 
 14.14  Cloquet, and Whiteface rivers.  This 
 14.15  appropriation is available only if 
 14.16  approximately 4,000 acres of 
 14.17  privately-owned land identified in the 
 14.18  St. Louis river management plan have 
 14.19  been donated to the state. 
 14.20  Subd. 23.  Eagle Creek Matching 
 14.21  Contributions                                                  
 14.22  The first $1,500,000 of contributions 
 14.23  of land received after June 8, 1995, by 
 14.24  the state from private sources in the 
 14.25  Eagle Creek watershed may not be used 
 14.26  as match for the critical habitat 
 14.27  private sector matching account under 
 14.28  Minnesota Statutes, section 84.943.  
 14.29  This subdivision is effective 
 14.30  retroactively to June 9, 1995. 
 14.31  Subd. 24.  McQuade Public Access                        500,000
 14.32  For acquisition and development of a 
 14.33  public access on Lake Superior in the 
 14.34  city of Duluth, the town of Duluth, and 
 14.35  the town of Lakewood.  This 
 14.36  appropriation must be matched by a 
 14.37  total of $350,000 from the iron range 
 14.38  resources and rehabilitation board and 
 14.39  nonstate sources and is contingent on 
 14.40  sufficient land owned by the cities and 
 14.41  the town, the value of which may not be 
 14.42  applied as part of the required match, 
 14.43  being made available to complete the 
 14.44  project. 
 14.45  Subd. 25.  Taconite Harbor 
 14.46  Public Access                                         1,500,000
 14.47  For the construction of a new protected 
 14.48  public water access at Taconite Harbor 
 14.49  on Lake Superior.  
 14.50  $400,000 of this appropriation is from 
 14.51  the general fund. 
 14.52  Subd. 26.  Residential Environmental
 14.53  Learning Centers      
 14.54  After the first $12,500,000 in nonstate 
 14.55  matching money has been committed for 
 14.56  the Long Lake Conservation Center, the 
 14.57  Deep Portage Conservation Reserve, the 
 14.58  Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning 
 14.59  Center, the Northwoods Audubon Center, 
 15.1   and the Forest Resource Center, as 
 15.2   required in Laws 1995, First Special 
 15.3   Session chapter 2, article 1, section 
 15.4   48, the specific appropriations for 
 15.5   these facilities in Laws 1994, chapter 
 15.6   643, section 23, subdivision 28, must 
 15.7   be distributed and administered 
 15.8   separately for each facility.  The 
 15.9   balances of these specific 
 15.10  appropriations must be matched as 
 15.11  required in Laws 1995, First Special 
 15.12  Session chapter 2, article 1, section 
 15.13  48, for each facility separately.  
 15.14  Matching funds raised after January 1, 
 15.15  1992, and spent or committed to be 
 15.16  spent to plan, design, or construct 
 15.17  these facilities are eligible to count 
 15.18  toward the required match.  The 
 15.19  predesign and design requirements of 
 15.20  Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.335, do 
 15.21  not apply to the specific 
 15.22  appropriations for these facilities in 
 15.23  Laws 1994, chapter 643, section 23, 
 15.24  subdivision 28. 
 15.25  The $3,000,000 appropriation for the 
 15.26  Prairie Wetlands Environmental Learning 
 15.27  Center in Laws 1994, chapter 643, 
 15.28  section 23, subdivision 28, may only be 
 15.29  used for a residential environmental 
 15.30  learning center with at least 150 
 15.31  beds.  The appropriation is not 
 15.32  available until the commissioner of 
 15.33  natural resources has submitted a 
 15.34  revised work program for the project to 
 15.35  the legislative commission on Minnesota 
 15.36  resources for review in accordance with 
 15.37  Laws 1994, chapter 643, section 23, 
 15.38  subdivision 30.  This appropriation 
 15.39  cancels on July 1, 1998, unless the 
 15.40  legislature determines by a law enacted 
 15.41  before then that reasonable progress 
 15.42  has been made. 
 15.43  Subd. 27.  Laurentian Environmental
 15.44  Learning Center                                         500,000
 15.45  For a grant to independent school 
 15.46  district No. 621, Mounds View, for 
 15.47  capital improvements at the Laurentian 
 15.48  Environmental Learning Center, 
 15.49  including remodeling of existing 
 15.50  buildings, construction of new 
 15.51  buildings, demolition, roadway and 
 15.52  parking improvements, trail 
 15.53  improvements, and handicapped access 
 15.54  improvements.  This appropriation is 
 15.55  available to the extent matched by 
 15.56  money from other sources. 
 15.57  Subd. 28.  Work Program 
 15.58  The commissioner of natural resources 
 15.59  must submit a work program and 
 15.60  semiannual progress reports in the form 
 15.61  determined by the legislative 
 15.62  commission on Minnesota resources and 
 15.63  request its recommendation before 
 15.64  spending any money appropriated by this 
 15.65  section.  The commission's 
 15.66  recommendation is advisory only.  
 16.1   Failure to respond to a request within 
 16.2   60 days after receipt is a negative 
 16.3   recommendation.  Work programs 
 16.4   involving land acquisition must include 
 16.5   a land acquisition plan. 
 16.6   Sec. 9.  POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY
 16.7   Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner
 16.8   of the pollution control agency for the
 16.9   purposes specified in this section                    3,550,000
 16.10  Subd. 2.  Red Wing Combined Sewer Overflow            3,350,000
 16.11  For a combined sewer overflow grant 
 16.12  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 16.13  116.162, to the city of Red Wing to 
 16.14  complete construction and separation of 
 16.15  its combined sewer system.  This 
 16.16  appropriation must be matched dollar 
 16.17  for dollar from local sources.  It is 
 16.18  the expectation of the legislature that 
 16.19  this will be the final appropriation 
 16.20  for the combined sewer overflow program.
 16.21  Subd. 3.  Automated Water 
 16.22  Quality Monitoring Systems                              200,000
 16.23  This appropriation is from the general 
 16.24  fund for ten permanent water quality 
 16.25  monitoring stations and equipment at 
 16.26  river and stream locations throughout 
 16.27  the state.  
 16.28  Sec. 10.  PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY                           
 16.29  Subdivision 1.  To the public 
 16.30  facilities authority for the purposes 
 16.31  specified in this section                            29,600,000
 16.32  Subd. 2.  Matching Money for
 16.33  Federal Grants                                        5,000,000
 16.34  For state matching money for federal 
 16.35  grants to capitalize the water 
 16.36  pollution control revolving fund and 
 16.37  the state drinking water revolving fund 
 16.38  under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
 16.39  446A.07 and 446A.081. 
 16.40  Expenditure of this appropriation is 
 16.41  limited to the minimum amount necessary 
 16.42  to match the allotment of federal money 
 16.43  to Minnesota. 
 16.44  Subd. 3.  Wastewater Infrastructure
 16.45  Funding                                              24,000,000 
 16.46  For loans to municipalities under 
 16.47  Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.072.  
 16.48  This appropriation must be used for 
 16.49  qualified capital projects.  The 
 16.50  authority shall calculate the grant 
 16.51  amount needed for essential project 
 16.52  components, as certified by the 
 16.53  pollution control agency under 
 16.54  Minnesota Statutes, section 116.182, 
 16.55  subdivision 4, by first determining the 
 16.56  amount needed to reduce a 
 16.57  municipality's monthly residential 
 16.58  sewer service charge to $20 or to an 
 17.1   annual residential sewer service charge 
 17.2   not exceeding 1.1 percent of the 
 17.3   municipality's median household income, 
 17.4   whichever is less, then multiplying 
 17.5   that amount by 80 percent to determine 
 17.6   the actual loan amount to supplement 
 17.7   loans under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 17.8   446A.07, or provide up to one-third of 
 17.9   the amount of the grant funding level 
 17.10  required by the United States 
 17.11  Department of Agriculture, Rural 
 17.12  Economic and Community Development 
 17.13  Agency for projects listed on the 
 17.14  pollution control agency's intended use 
 17.15  plan.  If the municipality has a local 
 17.16  sales tax in effect, the percentage 
 17.17  that applies for the actual loan amount 
 17.18  is reduced to 40 percent. 
 17.19  The wastewater infrastructure program 
 17.20  in new Minnesota Statutes, section 
 17.21  446A.072, is a continuation of the 
 17.22  program in Minnesota Statutes 1994, 
 17.23  section 446A.071.  Any money previously 
 17.24  appropriated for the purposes of 
 17.25  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 
 17.26  446A.071, is appropriated for the 
 17.27  purposes of this subdivision. 
 17.28  Subd. 4.  Red Rock Rural Water
 17.29  System                                                  600,000 
 17.30  For a grant for up to 80 percent of the 
 17.31  cost of design and construction of an 
 17.32  elevated water tank and mainline for 
 17.33  the Red Rock rural water system, a 
 17.34  public water system authorized under 
 17.35  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116A.  
 17.36  Increased demand on the Red Rock rural 
 17.37  water system has resulted in problems 
 17.38  including dangerously low water levels 
 17.39  in an existing storage tank.  This 
 17.40  appropriation is intended to allow the 
 17.41  Red Rock rural water system to address 
 17.42  these problems while avoiding 
 17.43  prohibitively high water rates.  This 
 17.44  appropriation is available only if the 
 17.45  commissioner of natural resources finds 
 17.46  that the Red Rock rural water system 
 17.47  has instituted a uniform rate for water 
 17.48  service and has in place an approved 
 17.49  emergency and conservation plan as 
 17.50  required in Minnesota Statutes, section 
 17.51  103G.291, subdivision 3. 
 17.52  Sec. 11.  BOARD OF WATER AND
 17.53  SOIL RESOURCES                    
 17.54  Subdivision 1.  To the board
 17.55  of water and soil resources for the 
 17.56  purposes specified in this section                   13,250,000
 17.57  Subd. 2.  RIM and PWP Conservation
 17.58  Easements                                            10,000,000 
 17.59  This appropriation is for the following 
 17.60  purposes: 
 17.61  (a) to acquire conservation easements 
 17.62  from landowners on marginal lands to 
 17.63  protect soil and water quality and to 
 18.1   support fish and wildlife habitat as 
 18.2   provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 
 18.3   103F.515; 
 18.4   (b) to acquire perpetual conservation 
 18.5   easements on existing type 1, 2, 3, and 
 18.6   6 wetlands, adjacent lands, and for the 
 18.7   establishment of permanent cover on 
 18.8   adjacent lands, in accordance with 
 18.9   Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.516; 
 18.10  and 
 18.11  (c) up to $2,000,000 may be used for 
 18.12  the acquisition of limited conservation 
 18.13  easements that allow cropping or 
 18.14  grazing at reduced payment rates on 
 18.15  land that is currently or within the 
 18.16  last two years has been enrolled in the 
 18.17  federal Conservation Reserve Program 
 18.18  (CRP), under United States Code, title 
 18.19  16, section 3831.  The board, in 
 18.20  conjunction with the commissioner of 
 18.21  agriculture, must select counties for 
 18.22  participation in the program based on:  
 18.23  (1) the number of CRP acres; (2) the 
 18.24  number of whole farm CRP acres; (3) the 
 18.25  number of highly erodible CRP acres; 
 18.26  (4) local soil conservation initiatives 
 18.27  in place; (5) the potential for 
 18.28  negative water quality impacts from CRP 
 18.29  acres converted to agricultural crop 
 18.30  production; and (6) the potential to 
 18.31  complement public wildlife lands and 
 18.32  other conservation lands, including 
 18.33  protected grassland prairies.  A 
 18.34  conservation easement must be for 20 
 18.35  years and require that the activities 
 18.36  on the enrolled lands comply with a 
 18.37  conservation plan that will limit soil 
 18.38  erosion within the soil loss tolerance, 
 18.39  as defined in rules adopted under 
 18.40  Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.411.  
 18.41  Payments for conservation easements and 
 18.42  practices under this program are as 
 18.43  follows: 
 18.44  (1) to establish permanent conservation 
 18.45  practices required by the conservation 
 18.46  plan, for the installation of permanent 
 18.47  livestock watering systems, or for the 
 18.48  installation of permanent fencing for 
 18.49  grazing systems, up to 75 percent of 
 18.50  the total eligible costs, not to exceed 
 18.51  an average of $75 per acre; and 
 18.52  (2) ten annual payments each equal to 
 18.53  five percent of the payment rate for 
 18.54  20-year easements acquired under 
 18.55  Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.515 
 18.56  for land restricted to grazing and 
 18.57  haying under the conservation plan; or 
 18.58  (3) ten annual payments each equal to 
 18.59  two and one-half percent of the payment 
 18.60  rate for 20-year easements acquired 
 18.61  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 18.62  103F.515 for land where cropping is 
 18.63  allowed under the conservation plan. 
 18.64  The board may only acquire an easement 
 18.65  under item (c) after it determines that 
 19.1   there is adequate funding appropriated 
 19.2   to make the annual payments required 
 19.3   for the duration of the easement and 
 19.4   the landowner agrees to convey at least 
 19.5   ten percent of the landowner's CRP land 
 19.6   in a permanent easement under Minnesota 
 19.7   Statutes, section 103F.515.  Priority 
 19.8   must be given for land being conveyed 
 19.9   or leased to beginning farmers, as 
 19.10  defined under Minnesota Statutes, 
 19.11  section 41C.02, subdivision 6.  Up to 
 19.12  20 percent of the appropriation may be 
 19.13  used for professional and technical 
 19.14  services related to acquisition of the 
 19.15  easements.  By March 15, 1997, the 
 19.16  board, in conjunction with the 
 19.17  commissioner of agriculture, shall 
 19.18  report to the finance division of the 
 19.19  senate environment and natural 
 19.20  resources committee and the house of 
 19.21  representatives environment and natural 
 19.22  resources finance committee on the 
 19.23  acquisition of easements under this 
 19.24  paragraph.  The report must include an 
 19.25  analysis of the need for expansion of 
 19.26  the program to all agricultural areas 
 19.27  of the state in order to protect water 
 19.28  quality and provide necessary wildlife 
 19.29  habitat, and the adequacy of payments 
 19.30  under the program. 
 19.31  Subd. 3.  Wetland Replacement
 19.32  for Public Road Projects                              3,000,000
 19.33  For wetland replacement credits to be 
 19.34  used to replace wetlands drained or 
 19.35  filled as a result of the repair, 
 19.36  maintenance, or rehabilitation of 
 19.37  existing public roads, as provided in 
 19.38  new Minnesota Statutes, section 
 19.39  103G.222, paragraph (m).  
 19.40  Of this appropriation, $1,162,000 is 
 19.41  from the county state-aid highway fund 
 19.42  and $338,000 is from the municipal 
 19.43  state-aid street fund.  The 
 19.44  appropriations from these highway funds 
 19.45  are not available until the 
 19.46  appropriation from the bond proceeds 
 19.47  fund has been exhausted. 
 19.48  Subd. 4.  Area II Minnesota 
 19.49  River Basin                                             250,000 
 19.50  For grants-in-aid for road retention 
 19.51  projects initiated by local units of 
 19.52  government in area II in the Minnesota 
 19.53  river basin. 
 19.54  Subd. 5.  Work Program
 19.55  The board of water and soil resources 
 19.56  must submit a work program and 
 19.57  semiannual progress reports in the form 
 19.58  determined by the legislative 
 19.59  commission on Minnesota resources and 
 19.60  request its recommendation before 
 19.61  spending any money appropriated by this 
 19.62  section.  The commission's 
 19.63  recommendation is advisory only.  
 19.64  Failure to respond to a request within 
 20.1   60 days after receipt is a negative 
 20.2   recommendation.  Work programs 
 20.3   involving land acquisition must include 
 20.4   a land acquisition plan. 
 20.5   Sec. 12.  AGRICULTURE                                41,000,000
 20.6   To the rural finance authority to 
 20.7   purchase participation interests in or 
 20.8   to make direct agricultural loans to 
 20.9   farmers.  All debt service on bond 
 20.10  proceeds used to finance this 
 20.11  appropriation must be repaid by the 
 20.12  rural finance authority.  Loan 
 20.13  participations must be priced to 
 20.14  provide full interest and principal 
 20.15  coverage and a reserve for potential 
 20.16  losses. 
 20.17  Sec. 13.  ADMINISTRATION
 20.18  Subdivision 1.  To the 
 20.19  commissioner of administration
 20.20  for the purposes specified in this section           40,212,000
 20.21  Subd. 2.  Capital Asset
 20.22  Preservation and Replacement (CAPRA)                 14,000,000
 20.23  This appropriation is for unanticipated 
 20.24  emergencies of a capital nature, 
 20.25  projects to remove life safety hazards, 
 20.26  elimination or containment of hazardous 
 20.27  substances, and replacement and repair 
 20.28  of roofs, windows, and other capital 
 20.29  assets in accordance with Minnesota 
 20.30  Statutes, section 16A.632.  
 20.31  In accordance with Minnesota Statutes, 
 20.32  section 16B.31, subdivision 6, the 
 20.33  commissioner of administration shall 
 20.34  identify the condition and suitability 
 20.35  of all major state buildings and office 
 20.36  space and report the commissioner's 
 20.37  findings by June 30, 1997, to the 
 20.38  chairs of the senate committee on 
 20.39  finance and the house of 
 20.40  representatives committees on ways and 
 20.41  means and on capital investment.  The 
 20.42  legislature intends to use the report 
 20.43  in considering future appropriations to 
 20.44  the commissioner of administration and 
 20.45  to state agencies for asset 
 20.46  preservation. 
 20.47  Subd. 3.  Statewide Building Access                  10,000,000
 20.48  For improvements of a capital nature to 
 20.49  remove barriers and make state-owned 
 20.50  buildings, programs, and services 
 20.51  accessible to individuals with 
 20.52  disabilities, including compliance with 
 20.53  federal ADA guidelines.  The 
 20.54  commissioner shall determine project 
 20.55  priorities as appropriate based upon 
 20.56  need and shall take into consideration 
 20.57  the recommendations and priorities of 
 20.58  the council on disability.  In 
 20.59  determining project priorities, the 
 20.60  commissioner must give lower priority 
 20.61  to projects in facilities that the 
 20.62  state intends to demolish, sell, or 
 21.1   abandon within five years. 
 21.2   Subd. 4.  Transportation 
 21.3   Building Phase IV                                     5,525,000
 21.4   To continue life safety renovation at 
 21.5   the transportation building in St. Paul.
 21.6   This renovation is to include new 
 21.7   heating, ventilation, and air 
 21.8   conditioning systems, elevators, 
 21.9   lighting, windows, and raised floors. 
 21.10  This appropriation is from the trunk 
 21.11  highway fund.  
 21.12  Account balances from previous 
 21.13  appropriations for earlier phases of 
 21.14  this continuing project may be used for 
 21.15  phase IV. 
 21.16  Subd. 5.  Renovate Capitol 
 21.17  Area Elevators                                        1,500,000
 21.18  To improve, upgrade, and modify 
 21.19  existing elevator equipment in the 
 21.20  capitol, state office building, 
 21.21  administration building, and Ford 
 21.22  building.  
 21.23  Subd. 6.  Agency Relocation                           1,568,000
 21.24  $1,307,000 of this appropriation is 
 21.25  from the trunk highway fund for the 
 21.26  partial relocation of the department of 
 21.27  transportation. 
 21.28  $261,000 of this appropriation is from 
 21.29  the general fund to relocate the 
 21.30  department of human rights, public 
 21.31  safety division of driver and vehicle 
 21.32  services, department of labor and 
 21.33  industry in St. Cloud, and department 
 21.34  of human services in St. Cloud. 
 21.35  Subd. 7.  Health Building
 21.36  Design                                                2,800,000
 21.37  To design a new health building and 
 21.38  parking ramp in the capitol complex 
 21.39  area in St. Paul.  $2,300,000 of this 
 21.40  appropriation is not available until 
 21.41  the report required by subdivision 11 
 21.42  has been completed.  Notwithstanding 
 21.43  Minnesota Statutes, section 15.50, 
 21.44  subdivision 2, paragraph (e), plans for 
 21.45  the building need not be selected 
 21.46  through a design competition. 
 21.47  Subd. 8.  Revenue Building 
 21.48  Design                                                1,950,000
 21.49  To design a new revenue department 
 21.50  building.  $1,450,000 of this 
 21.51  appropriation is not available until 
 21.52  the report required by subdivision 11 
 21.53  has been completed.  Notwithstanding 
 21.54  Minnesota Statutes, section 15.50, 
 21.55  subdivision 2, paragraph (e), plans for 
 21.56  the building need not be selected 
 21.57  through a design competition. 
 22.1   Subd. 9.  Support Services
 22.2   Facility                                              2,052,000
 22.3   To acquire land and predesign new 
 22.4   facilities for print communications, 
 22.5   micrographics, records center, and 
 22.6   central stores.  $2,000,000 of this 
 22.7   appropriation is not available until 
 22.8   the report required by subdivision 11 
 22.9   has been completed.  
 22.10  Subd. 10.  Travel Management 
 22.11  Facility                                                692,000
 22.12  To acquire land and predesign a new 
 22.13  facility for the travel management 
 22.14  center.  $680,000 of this appropriation 
 22.15  is not available until the report 
 22.16  required by subdivision 11 has been 
 22.17  completed. 
 22.18  Subd. 11.  Evaluate Capitol Area
 22.19  Office Building Construction Plans                      125,000
 22.20  This appropriation is from the general 
 22.21  fund to the legislative coordinating 
 22.22  commission to evaluate the projects in 
 22.23  subdivisions 7 to 10 and how they fit 
 22.24  into the master plan for construction 
 22.25  of office buildings in the capitol 
 22.26  area.  The evaluation must determine 
 22.27  the added costs and benefits, if any, 
 22.28  of building in the St. Paul central 
 22.29  business district over building in the 
 22.30  capitol complex.  The evaluation must 
 22.31  be completed and reported to the chairs 
 22.32  of the senate finance and house ways 
 22.33  and means and capital investment 
 22.34  committees by October 15, 1996. 
 22.35  In addition, the evaluation must 
 22.36  include an independent cost analysis of 
 22.37  the projects upon completion of the 
 22.38  construction drawings.  The analysis 
 22.39  must be reported to the legislature and 
 22.40  approved before the commissioner of 
 22.41  administration may advertise for bids 
 22.42  on construction of any of the projects. 
 22.43  Sec. 14.  CAPITOL AREA
 22.44  ARCHITECTURAL AND PLANNING BOARD            
 22.45  Subdivision 1.  To the capitol area   
 22.46  architectural and planning board for the  
 22.47  purposes specified in this section                    9,050,000
 22.48  Subd. 2.  Capitol      
 22.49  Building and Grounds Renovation                       8,711,000
 22.50  This appropriation is to the 
 22.51  commissioner of administration to 
 22.52  predesign, design, and reconstruct the 
 22.53  northeast and northwest terraces of the 
 22.54  capitol building.  When this project 
 22.55  has been fully funded, any remaining 
 22.56  unused funds from this appropriation 
 22.57  may be utilized for other structural 
 22.58  stabilization projects at the capitol, 
 22.59  for enhancements of the capitol mall, 
 22.60  for Aurora Avenue safety improvements, 
 22.61  or for capitol complex sign 
 23.1   improvements.  
 23.2   Subd. 3.  Capitol Cafeteria
 23.3   Renovation                                               89,000
 23.4   Upon substantial completion of the 
 23.5   capitol cafeteria renovation, the 
 23.6   commissioner of administration shall 
 23.7   rebid the cafeteria's food service 
 23.8   contract. 
 23.9   Subd. 4.  Korean War   
 23.10  Veterans Memorial                                       250,000
 23.11  This appropriation is to design and 
 23.12  construct a Korean war veterans 
 23.13  memorial on the capitol grounds.  The 
 23.14  board may accept money from nonstate 
 23.15  sources for this purpose. 
 23.16  Sec. 15.  AMATEUR SPORTS COMMISSION                   
 23.17  Subdivision 1.  To the amateur sports 
 23.18  commission or another named agency for the 
 23.19  purposes specified in this section                    9,300,000
 23.20  Subd. 2.  Land Acquisition
 23.21  at National Sports Center                               400,000
 23.22  This appropriation is to acquire land 
 23.23  at the national sports center in Blaine 
 23.24  and related development costs of fees, 
 23.25  landscaping, parking, road access, and 
 23.26  construction needed to meet code 
 23.27  requirements. 
 23.28  Subd. 3.  Mighty Ducks
 23.29  Community Ice Center Grants                           4,500,000
 23.30  This appropriation is for grants of up 
 23.31  to $250,000 each to construct new ice 
 23.32  arenas and renovate existing ice arenas 
 23.33  throughout the state under Minnesota 
 23.34  Statutes, section 240A.09.  
 23.35  A grant to construct a new ice arena 
 23.36  must be matched by $3 of local money 
 23.37  for each $1 of state money.  A grant to 
 23.38  renovate an existing ice arena must be 
 23.39  matched dollar for dollar with local 
 23.40  money. 
 23.41  Subd. 4.  Mariucci Ice 
 23.42  and Tennis Facility                                   1,000,000
 23.43  To the board of regents of the 
 23.44  University of Minnesota to predesign, 
 23.45  design, construct, and equip a new 
 23.46  facility adjacent to Mariucci arena on 
 23.47  the Minneapolis campus to include an 
 23.48  olympic-size ice sheet and tennis 
 23.49  courts. 
 23.50  Subd. 5.  Urban Sports
 23.51  Facility - Minneapolis                                3,400,000
 23.52  This appropriation is not available 
 23.53  until the commission has determined 
 23.54  that the following requirements have 
 23.55  been met: 
 24.1   (a) The city of Minneapolis, the 
 24.2   Minneapolis community development 
 24.3   agency, special school district No. 1, 
 24.4   Minneapolis, or a nonprofit entity has 
 24.5   provided a site for the facility at no 
 24.6   cost to the commission.  The site may 
 24.7   be leased to the commission, but the 
 24.8   lease must be for a term of not less 
 24.9   than 20 years. 
 24.10  (b) Matching money of not less than 
 24.11  $8,000,000 has been committed by 
 24.12  nonstate sources for construction at 
 24.13  the same location of an integrated 
 24.14  community facility with a day care 
 24.15  center, a natatorium, and other sports 
 24.16  facilities to be owned and operated by 
 24.17  a nonprofit entity and providing sports 
 24.18  and community programming for urban 
 24.19  at-risk youth. 
 24.20  (c) The nonprofit entity described in 
 24.21  paragraph (b) has agreed to manage and 
 24.22  operate the sports facility for the 
 24.23  commission and to pay all operating 
 24.24  expenses at no cost to the commission 
 24.25  under a management agreement, complying 
 24.26  with the requirements of Minnesota 
 24.27  Statutes, section 16A.695, approved by 
 24.28  the commission for a term of not less 
 24.29  than 20 years. 
 24.30  Sec. 16.  MILITARY AFFAIRS                               
 24.31  Subdivision 1.  To the adjutant 
 24.32  general or another named officer for the
 24.33  purposes specified in this section                      750,000
 24.34  Subd. 2.  Asset Preservation                            500,000
 24.35  To the commissioner of administration 
 24.36  for unanticipated emergencies of a 
 24.37  capital nature, projects to remove life 
 24.38  safety hazards and code violations, 
 24.39  elimination or containment of hazardous 
 24.40  substances, and replacement and repair 
 24.41  of roofs, windows, building components, 
 24.42  HVAC systems, and other capital assets 
 24.43  in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, 
 24.44  section 16A.632. 
 24.45  Subd. 3.  Renovate
 24.46  Kitchen Facilities                                      250,000
 24.47  To renovate kitchen facilities at 
 24.48  national guard training and community 
 24.49  centers. 
 24.50  Sec. 17.  ECONOMIC SECURITY                           2,000,000
 24.51  To the commissioner of economic 
 24.52  security for grants to state agencies 
 24.53  and political subdivisions to construct 
 24.54  or rehabilitate facilities for head 
 24.55  start or other early childhood learning 
 24.56  programs under Minnesota Statutes, 
 24.57  section 268.917.  
 24.58  Sec. 18.  HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY                      2,500,000
 24.59  To the commissioner of the housing 
 25.1   finance agency for the purpose of 
 25.2   making transitional housing loans to 
 25.3   local government units authorized under 
 25.4   Minnesota Statutes, section 462A.202, 
 25.5   subdivision 2.  
 25.6   Sec. 19.  MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
 25.7   Subdivision 1.  To the Minnesota
 25.8   historical society for the purposes
 25.9   specified in this section                             4,100,000
 25.10  Subd. 2.  Historic Site
 25.11  Preservation and Repair                               2,000,000
 25.12  For capital repair, reconstruction, or 
 25.13  replacement of deferred maintenance 
 25.14  needs at state historic sites, 
 25.15  buildings, exhibits, markers, and 
 25.16  monuments.  The society shall determine 
 25.17  project priorities as appropriate based 
 25.18  on need.  
 25.19  Subd. 3.  County and Local
 25.20  Preservation Projects                                   500,000
 25.21  To be allocated to county and local 
 25.22  jurisdictions as matching money for 
 25.23  historic preservation projects of a 
 25.24  capital nature.  Grant recipients must 
 25.25  be public entities and must match state 
 25.26  funds on at least an equal basis.  
 25.27  Subd. 4.  North West Company
 25.28  Fur Post Interpretive Center                          1,600,000
 25.29  This appropriation is to construct a 
 25.30  visitor center for the North West 
 25.31  Company Fur Post. 
 25.32  Sec. 20.  PUBLIC SERVICE                              4,000,000
 25.33  To the commissioner of finance for the 
 25.34  energy conservation investment loan 
 25.35  program in the department of public 
 25.36  service under Minnesota Statutes, 
 25.37  section 216C.37. 
 25.38  Sec. 21.  TRANSPORTATION
 25.39  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner
 25.40  of transportation for the purposes
 25.41  specified in this section                            27,500,000
 25.42  Subd. 2.  Local Bridge 
 25.43  Replacement and Rehabilitation                       10,000,000
 25.44  This appropriation is from the state 
 25.45  transportation fund as provided in 
 25.46  Minnesota Statutes, section 174.50, to 
 25.47  match federal funds and to replace or 
 25.48  rehabilitate local deficient bridges. 
 25.49  Political subdivisions may use grants 
 25.50  made under this section to construct or 
 25.51  reconstruct bridges, including: 
 25.52  (1) matching federal-aid grants to 
 25.53  construct or reconstruct key bridges; 
 25.54  (2) paying the costs to abandon an 
 26.1   existing bridge that is deficient and 
 26.2   in need of replacement, but where no 
 26.3   replacement will be made; 
 26.4   (3) paying the costs to construct a 
 26.5   road or street to facilitate the 
 26.6   abandonment of an existing bridge 
 26.7   determined by the commissioner to be 
 26.8   deficient, if the commissioner 
 26.9   determines that construction of the 
 26.10  road or street is more cost-efficient 
 26.11  than the replacement of the existing 
 26.12  bridge; and 
 26.13  (4) paying the costs of preliminary 
 26.14  engineering and environmental studies 
 26.15  authorized under Minnesota Statutes, 
 26.16  section 174.50, subdivision 6a. 
 26.17  Subd. 3.  Metro Public Safety Radio
 26.18  System                                               14,500,000
 26.19  $7,500,000 of this appropriation is 
 26.20  from the trunk highway fund.  
 26.21  This appropriation is to construct the 
 26.22  initial backbone of the metropolitan 
 26.23  regionwide public safety radio 
 26.24  communications system described in 
 26.25  Minnesota Statutes, sections 473.891 to 
 26.26  473.905.  The appropriation is not 
 26.27  available until the commissioner of 
 26.28  finance has determined that the amount 
 26.29  necessary to complete the initial 
 26.30  backbone has been committed by other 
 26.31  sources.  The other sources may include 
 26.32  the $10,000,000 of bonds supported by 
 26.33  appropriations from the 911 emergency 
 26.34  telephone service fee account in the 
 26.35  state government special revenue fund 
 26.36  and the $3,000,000 of bonds supported 
 26.37  by the full faith and credit and taxing 
 26.38  powers of the metropolitan council that 
 26.39  are authorized by Minnesota Statutes, 
 26.40  sections 473.891 to 473.905, as well as 
 26.41  contributions from other nonstate 
 26.42  sources. 
 26.43  Subd. 4.  Port Development Assistance
 26.44  Program                                               3,000,000
 26.45  For port improvement projects to 
 26.46  repair, construct, and improve terminal 
 26.47  structures, equipment, and access as 
 26.48  authorized under Minnesota Statutes, 
 26.49  chapter 457A.  Grants awarded under 
 26.50  this subdivision are contingent upon a 
 26.51  $4 state to $1 local match. 
 26.52  Sec. 22.  CORRECTIONS
 26.53  Subdivision 1.  To the 
 26.54  commissioner of administration for
 26.55  the purposes specified in this section               96,403,000
 26.56  Subd. 2.  Asset Preservation                          2,000,000
 26.57  For unanticipated emergencies of a 
 26.58  capital nature, projects to remove life 
 26.59  safety hazards and code violations, 
 26.60  elimination or containment of hazardous 
 27.1   substances, and replacement and repair 
 27.2   of roofs, windows, building components, 
 27.3   HVAC systems, and other capital assets 
 27.4   in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, 
 27.5   section 16A.632. 
 27.6   Subd. 3.  New Facility                               89,000,000
 27.7   To complete design and to construct, 
 27.8   furnish, and equip a new close custody 
 27.9   correctional facility to provide at 
 27.10  least 800 beds. 
 27.11  The commissioner of administration 
 27.12  shall develop a design alternative to 
 27.13  bid and construct one residential pod 
 27.14  at the new facility to accommodate two 
 27.15  inmates per cell. 
 27.16  Upon receipt and evaluation of 
 27.17  construction bids and before awarding 
 27.18  contracts for the construction phase of 
 27.19  the project, the chairs of the senate 
 27.20  finance committee and the house ways 
 27.21  and means committee and the chairs of 
 27.22  the policy committees and finance 
 27.23  divisions having jurisdiction over 
 27.24  criminal justice policy shall advise 
 27.25  the commissioner on which design should 
 27.26  be constructed. 
 27.27  Before final contract documents for 
 27.28  this project are advertised for 
 27.29  construction bids, the commissioners of 
 27.30  administration and corrections shall 
 27.31  inform the chairs of the senate finance 
 27.32  committee, the senate crime prevention 
 27.33  finance division, the house ways and 
 27.34  means committee, the house judiciary 
 27.35  finance committee, and the house 
 27.36  capital investment committee that the 
 27.37  program scope of the project has not 
 27.38  increased since the project budget was 
 27.39  reviewed in accordance with Minnesota 
 27.40  Statutes, section 16B.335. 
 27.41  Upon receipt and evaluation of 
 27.42  construction bids and before awarding 
 27.43  contracts for the construction phase of 
 27.44  the project, the commissioners of 
 27.45  administration and finance shall inform 
 27.46  the same committee chairs of the 
 27.47  project budget necessary to complete 
 27.48  the project.  Any portion of this 
 27.49  appropriation that exceeds the project 
 27.50  budget shall be unallotted by the 
 27.51  commissioner of finance. 
 27.52  Subd. 4.  Inmate    
 27.53  Bed Expansion - Brainerd                              1,500,000
 27.54  For capital improvements to the 
 27.55  Brainerd regional human services center 
 27.56  to establish a correctional facility 
 27.57  for medium and minimum security inmates 
 27.58  and to establish a special unit for 
 27.59  inmates with medical needs. 
 27.60  Subd. 5.  Minnesota Correctional 
 27.61  Facility - Lino Lakes                                   842,000
 28.1   For site preparation, predesign, and 
 28.2   design of a segregation unit for up to 
 28.3   80 medium security beds. 
 28.4   Subd. 6.  Minnesota Correctional 
 28.5   Facility - Red Wing 
 28.6   By February 15, 1997, the commissioner 
 28.7   of corrections shall report to the 
 28.8   chairs of the house of representatives 
 28.9   and senate committees having 
 28.10  jurisdiction over criminal justice 
 28.11  funding on the advisability of 
 28.12  converting the Minnesota correctional 
 28.13  facility at Red Wing to a minimum 
 28.14  security facility for adults. 
 28.15  Subd. 7.  Minnesota Correctional 
 28.16  Facility - St. Cloud                                  2,381,000
 28.17  To design, construct, furnish, equip, 
 28.18  and relocate visiting, laundry, and 
 28.19  X-ray rooms. 
 28.20  Subd. 8.  Southeast Juvenile
 28.21  Treatment Center - Rochester                            680,000
 28.22  This appropriation is for a grant to 
 28.23  Olmsted county to remodel a regional 
 28.24  residential treatment center on the 
 28.25  campus of the former Rochester State 
 28.26  Hospital to be used for juvenile sex 
 28.27  offenders and predelinquent or 
 28.28  delinquent youths as a part of an 
 28.29  integrated, comprehensive juvenile 
 28.30  services model for the third judicial 
 28.31  district. 
 28.32  Sec. 23.  HUMAN SERVICES
 28.33  Subdivision 1.  To the 
 28.34  commissioner of administration for the 
 28.35  purposes specified in this section                   11,022,000
 28.36  Subd. 2.  Asset Preservation                          2,800,000
 28.37  For unanticipated emergencies of a 
 28.38  capital nature, projects to remove life 
 28.39  safety hazards and code violations, 
 28.40  elimination or containment of hazardous 
 28.41  substances, and replacement and repair 
 28.42  of roofs, windows, building components, 
 28.43  HVAC systems, and other capital assets 
 28.44  in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, 
 28.45  section 16A.632. 
 28.46  Subd. 3.  Anoka Metro Regional 
 28.47  Treatment Center                                        322,000
 28.48  For predesign and design of 
 28.49  improvements to the existing 
 28.50  residential, program, clinical, and 
 28.51  ancillary support areas in the Miller 
 28.52  building. 
 28.53  Subd. 4.  Brainerd Regional 
 28.54  Human Services Center                                 1,800,000
 28.55  To improve and upgrade heating, 
 28.56  ventilation, cooling, air conditioning, 
 28.57  and electrical systems in the most 
 29.1   critical residential areas at the 
 29.2   center as determined by the 
 29.3   commissioner of human services.  
 29.4   Subd. 5. Cambridge Regional
 29.5   Human Services Center                                 3,400,000
 29.6   This appropriation is to design, 
 29.7   construct, and equip new facilities for 
 29.8   the first 36 out of 72 beds proposed 
 29.9   for the Minnesota extended treatment 
 29.10  option (METO) program; to renovate the 
 29.11  auditorium building for recreational 
 29.12  and program activities; and to renovate 
 29.13  the laundry building for work activity 
 29.14  programs. 
 29.15  Subd. 6.  Willmar Regional 
 29.16  Treatment Center                                      2,700,000
 29.17  $2,300,000 is to design, construct, 
 29.18  furnish, and equip improvements to 
 29.19  buildings 1 and 7 for the adolescent 
 29.20  treatment program. 
 29.21  $400,000 is to remodel two buildings 
 29.22  for use by the Prairie Lakes detention 
 29.23  program. 
 29.24  Sec. 24.  VETERANS HOMES BOARD                     
 29.25  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of 
 29.26  administration for the purposes specified 
 29.27  in this section                                         742,000
 29.28  Subd. 2.  Asset Preservation                            500,000
 29.29  For unanticipated emergencies of a 
 29.30  capital nature, projects to remove life 
 29.31  safety hazards and code violations, 
 29.32  elimination or containment of hazardous 
 29.33  substances, and replacement and repair 
 29.34  of roofs, windows, building components, 
 29.35  HVAC systems, and other capital assets 
 29.36  in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, 
 29.37  section 16A.632. 
 29.38  Subd. 3.  Silver Bay 
 29.39  Dementia Unit                                           242,000
 29.40  For design, construction, furnishing, 
 29.41  and equipping of an addition to the 
 29.42  Silver Bay veterans home to be used for 
 29.43  a day room, activity area, and wander 
 29.44  area for dementia and alzheimer 
 29.45  patients. 
 29.46  Sec. 25.  GRANTS TO POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS
 29.47  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of
 29.48  administration for the purposes specified
 29.49  in this section                                      66,182,000
 29.50  Subd. 2.  Science Museum of Minnesota                33,000,000
 29.51  This appropriation is for a grant to 
 29.52  the city of St. Paul to design, 
 29.53  construct, furnish, and equip a science 
 29.54  museum in St. Paul, subject to 
 29.55  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695. 
 30.1   This appropriation is not available 
 30.2   until matched by $59,000,000 in 
 30.3   nonstate funds and is not available 
 30.4   until the city of St. Paul has provided 
 30.5   written evidence to the commissioner of 
 30.6   finance and the commissioner has 
 30.7   determined that all matching 
 30.8   requirements of current and prior 
 30.9   appropriations for this project have 
 30.10  been met. 
 30.11  Subd. 3.  Minneapolis Convention Center               9,000,000
 30.12  This appropriation is for a grant to 
 30.13  the city of Minneapolis to acquire land 
 30.14  in the vicinity of the Minneapolis 
 30.15  convention center. 
 30.16  Subd. 4.  Lake Superior Center                       11,000,000
 30.17  This appropriation is for a grant to 
 30.18  the Lake Superior Center authority for 
 30.19  costs to design, construct, furnish, 
 30.20  and equip the Lake Superior Center in 
 30.21  Duluth.  All land, buildings, and 
 30.22  capital assets must be owned by the 
 30.23  Lake Superior Center authority.  This 
 30.24  appropriation is contingent on receipt 
 30.25  by the commissioner of administration 
 30.26  of commitments from St. Louis county 
 30.27  and the city of Duluth to pay the 
 30.28  operating costs of the Lake Superior 
 30.29  Center, if necessary. 
 30.30  At the request of the city of Duluth, 
 30.31  up to $1,000,000 of this appropriation 
 30.32  may be used for capital improvements at 
 30.33  the Lake Superior zoological garden. 
 30.34  Subd. 5.  Independent School
 30.35  District No. 492, Austin                              1,112,000
 30.36  This appropriation is for a grant to 
 30.37  independent school district No. 492, 
 30.38  Austin, to construct a television 
 30.39  transmitter in the Rushford area to 
 30.40  broadcast the signal of public 
 30.41  television station KSMQ-TV into 
 30.42  Fillmore, Houston, and Winona counties, 
 30.43  subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
 30.44  16A.695. 
 30.45  Subd. 6.  Lyn/Lake/Jungle 
 30.46  Theater Performing Arts Center                          370,000
 30.47  This appropriation is for a grant to 
 30.48  Hennepin county for the Lyn/Lake/Jungle 
 30.49  Theatre community performing arts 
 30.50  center, subject to Minnesota Statutes, 
 30.51  section 16A.695.  This appropriation is 
 30.52  not available until the commissioner 
 30.53  has determined that at least $1,630,000 
 30.54  has been committed to the project by 
 30.55  nonstate sources. 
 30.56  Subd. 7.  Humboldt Avenue Greenway and 
 30.57  29th Street Corridor                                 10,000,000
 30.58  This appropriation is for a grant to 
 30.59  Hennepin county to carry out projects 
 30.60  (a) and (b), the amount spent for each 
 31.1   to be determined by Hennepin county. 
 31.2   (a) To acquire land for a 15-acre green 
 31.3   space connecting the campuses of three 
 31.4   schools in the vicinity of Humboldt 
 31.5   Avenue in North Minneapolis.  
 31.6   Development of the green space, which 
 31.7   will be paid for by Hennepin county, 
 31.8   will include reclamation of wetland 
 31.9   amenities for public use and 
 31.10  construction of a parkway. 
 31.11  (b) To design and construct the 29th 
 31.12  Street Corridor bikeway and trailway 
 31.13  and a greenway connecting it to the 
 31.14  Urban Village housing project in 
 31.15  Minneapolis. 
 31.16  Subd. 8.  Family Practice Residency
 31.17  Program Grant                                         1,400,000
 31.18  This appropriation is for a grant to a 
 31.19  city hospital, the establishment, 
 31.20  administration, management, 
 31.21  maintenance, improvement, and financing 
 31.22  of which is authorized under Laws 1994, 
 31.23  chapter 471.  The grant is for 
 31.24  remodeling a clinic building used by a 
 31.25  family practice residency program that 
 31.26  places two-thirds of its graduates in 
 31.27  Minnesota communities outside the 
 31.28  seven-county metropolitan area.  The 
 31.29  grant is contingent upon a local match 
 31.30  of $1 for each $2 of state money. 
 31.31  Subd. 9.  Arden Hills 
 31.32  Predesign                                               300,000
 31.33  To the commissioner of administration 
 31.34  for a grant to the city of Arden Hills 
 31.35  for predesign of colocated city, state, 
 31.36  and other public facilities at the site 
 31.37  of the Twin Cities army ammunition 
 31.38  plant in Arden Hills. 
 31.39  Sec. 26.  BOND SALE EXPENSES                            552,000
 31.40  To the commissioner of finance for bond 
 31.41  sale expenses under Minnesota Statutes, 
 31.42  section 16A.641, subdivision 8. 
 31.43     Sec. 27.  Laws 1995, First Special Session chapter 2, 
 31.44  article 1, section 13, is amended to read: 
 31.45  Sec. 13.  BOND SALE SCHEDULE                                    
 31.46  The commissioner of finance shall 
 31.47  schedule the sale of state general 
 31.48  obligation bonds so that, during the 
 31.49  biennium ending June 30, 1997, no more 
 31.50  than $458,704,000 $446,500,000 will 
 31.51  need to be transferred from the general 
 31.52  fund to the state bond fund to pay 
 31.53  principal and interest due and to 
 31.54  become due on outstanding state general 
 31.55  obligation bonds.  During the biennium, 
 31.56  before each sale of state general 
 31.57  obligation bonds, the commissioner of 
 31.58  finance shall calculate the amount of 
 31.59  debt service payments needed on bonds 
 32.1   previously issued and shall estimate 
 32.2   the amount of debt service payments 
 32.3   that will be needed on the bonds 
 32.4   scheduled to be sold, the commissioner 
 32.5   shall adjust the amount of bonds 
 32.6   scheduled to be sold so as to remain 
 32.7   within the limit set by this section.  
 32.8   The amount needed to make the debt 
 32.9   service payments is appropriated from 
 32.10  the general fund as provided in 
 32.11  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641. 
 32.12     Sec. 28.  [BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.] 
 32.13     Subdivision 1.  [BOND PROCEEDS FUND.] To provide the money 
 32.14  appropriated in this act from the bond proceeds fund the 
 32.15  commissioner of finance, on request of the governor, shall sell 
 32.16  and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $519,295,000 in 
 32.17  the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by 
 32.18  Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the 
 32.19  Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.  
 32.20     Subd. 2.  [TRANSPORTATION FUND.] To provide the money 
 32.21  appropriated in this act from the state transportation fund, the 
 32.22  commissioner of finance, on request of the governor, shall sell 
 32.23  and issue general obligation bonds of the state in an amount up 
 32.24  to $10,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the 
 32.25  effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 
 32.26  16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 
 32.27  4 to 7.  The proceeds of the bonds, except accrued interest and 
 32.28  any premium received on the sale of the bonds, must be credited 
 32.29  to a bond proceeds account in the state transportation fund. 
 32.30     Sec. 29.  [BOND REAUTHORIZATIONS.] 
 32.31     The following bond authorizations, which have been reported 
 32.32  to the legislature according to Minnesota Statutes, section 
 32.33  16A.642, subdivision 1, are reauthorized, and do not cancel 
 32.34  under the terms of that subdivision: 
 32.35     (1) an amount remaining of $7,000,000 for appropriations 
 32.36  from the state transportation fund for railroad assistance, 
 32.37  authorized in Laws 1984, chapter 597, section 22; 
 32.38     (2) an amount remaining of $2,463,442 for appropriations 
 32.39  from the bond proceeds fund for programs of the rural finance 
 32.40  authority, authorized in Laws 1986, chapter 398, article 6, 
 32.41  section 19, subdivision 1; 
 33.1      (3) an amount remaining of $121,756.89 for appropriations 
 33.2   from the bond proceeds fund for betterment of state trails, 
 33.3   authorized in Laws 1987, chapter 400, section 25, subdivision 1; 
 33.4   and 
 33.5      (4) an amount remaining of $1,654,993.40 for appropriations 
 33.6   from the water pollution control fund for wastewater treatment, 
 33.7   authorized in Laws 1987, chapter 400, section 25, subdivision 5. 
 33.8      Sec. 30.  Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 
 33.9   16A.28, subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
 33.10     Subd. 5.  [PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS.] An appropriation for 
 33.11  permanent improvements to acquire or better public land or 
 33.12  buildings or other public improvements of a capital nature, 
 33.13  including the acquisition of real property does not lapse until 
 33.14  the purposes of the appropriation are determined by the 
 33.15  commissioner, after consultation with the affected agencies, to 
 33.16  be accomplished or abandoned.  This subdivision also applies to 
 33.17  any part of an appropriation for a fiscal year that has been 
 33.18  requisitioned to acquire real property or construct permanent 
 33.19  improvements.  An appropriation to pay moving expenses lapses at 
 33.20  the end of the third fiscal year during which it was made 
 33.21  available.  
 33.22     Sec. 31.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 16A.632, is 
 33.23  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 33.24     Subd. 4.  [REPORT.] By January 15 of each year the 
 33.25  commissioner of administration, with respect to each state 
 33.26  agency, shall submit to the commissioner of finance, the chairs 
 33.27  of the finance divisions that oversee the appropriations to that 
 33.28  state agency, and to the chairs of the senate finance committee 
 33.29  and the house of representatives capital investment committee, a 
 33.30  list of the projects in the agency that have been funded with 
 33.31  money from the capital asset preservation and replacement 
 33.32  account during the preceding calendar year, as well as a list of 
 33.33  those priority projects for which CAPRA appropriations will be 
 33.34  sought for the agency in that year's legislative session. 
 33.35     Sec. 32.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 16A.641, 
 33.36  subdivision 8, is amended to read: 
 34.1      Subd. 8.  [APPROPRIATION OF PROCEEDS.] (a) The proceeds of 
 34.2   bonds issued under each law are appropriated for the purposes 
 34.3   described in the law and in this subdivision.  This 
 34.4   appropriation may never be canceled.  
 34.5      (b) Before the proceeds are received in the proper special 
 34.6   fund, the commissioner may transfer to that fund from the 
 34.7   general fund amounts not exceeding the expected proceeds from 
 34.8   the next bond sale.  The commissioner shall return these amounts 
 34.9   to the general fund by transferring proceeds when received.  The 
 34.10  amounts of these transfers are appropriated from the general 
 34.11  fund and from the bond proceeds.  
 34.12     (c) Actual and necessary travel and subsistence expenses of 
 34.13  employees and all other nonsalary expenses incidental to the 
 34.14  sale, printing, execution, and delivery of bonds must be paid 
 34.15  from the proceeds.  The proceeds are appropriated for this 
 34.16  purpose.  Bond proceeds must not be used to pay any part of the 
 34.17  salary of a state employee involved in the sale, printing, 
 34.18  execution, or delivery of the bonds. 
 34.19     (d) Bond proceeds remaining in a special fund after the 
 34.20  purposes for which the bonds were issued are accomplished or 
 34.21  abandoned, as certified by the head of the agency administering 
 34.22  the special fund, or as determined by the commissioner, unless 
 34.23  devoted under the appropriation act to another purpose 
 34.24  designated in the act, shall be transferred to the state bond 
 34.25  fund. 
 34.26     Sec. 33.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 16A.695, is 
 34.27  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 34.28     Subd. 5.  [PROGRAM FUNDING.] Recipients of grants from 
 34.29  money appropriated from the bond proceeds fund must demonstrate 
 34.30  to the commissioner of the agency making the grant that the 
 34.31  recipient has the ability and a plan to fund the program 
 34.32  intended for the facility.  A private nonprofit organization 
 34.33  that leases or manages a facility acquired or bettered with 
 34.34  grant money appropriated from the bond proceeds fund must 
 34.35  demonstrate to the commissioner of the agency making the grant 
 34.36  that the organization has the ability and a plan to fund the 
 35.1   program intended for the facility. 
 35.2      Sec. 34.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 16B.24, 
 35.3   subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
 35.4      Subd. 6.  [PROPERTY RENTAL.] (a)  [LEASES.] The 
 35.5   commissioner shall rent land and other premises when necessary 
 35.6   for state purposes.  Notwithstanding subdivision 6a, paragraph 
 35.7   (a), the commissioner may lease land or premises for up to ten 
 35.8   years, subject to cancellation upon 30 days' written notice by 
 35.9   the state for any reason except rental lease of other 
 35.10  nonstate-owned land or premises for the same use.  The 
 35.11  commissioner may not rent lease non-state-owned land and 
 35.12  buildings or substantial portions of land or buildings within 
 35.13  the capitol area as defined in section 15.50 unless the 
 35.14  commissioner first consults with the capitol area architectural 
 35.15  and planning board.  If the commissioner enters into a 
 35.16  lease-purchase agreement for buildings or substantial portions 
 35.17  of buildings within the capitol area, the commissioner shall 
 35.18  require that any new construction of non-state-owned buildings 
 35.19  conform to design guidelines of the capitol area architectural 
 35.20  and planning board.  Lands needed by the department of 
 35.21  transportation for storage of vehicles or road materials may 
 35.22  be rented leased for five years or less, such leases for terms 
 35.23  over two years being subject to cancellation upon 30 days 
 35.24  written notice by the state for any reason except rental lease 
 35.25  of other nonstate-owned land or premises for the same use.  An 
 35.26  agency or department head must consult with the chairs of the 
 35.27  house appropriations and senate finance committees before 
 35.28  entering into any agreement that would cause an agency's rental 
 35.29  costs to increase by ten percent or more per square foot or 
 35.30  would increase the number of square feet of office space rented 
 35.31  by the agency by 25 percent or more in any fiscal year.  
 35.32     (b)  [USE VACANT PUBLIC SPACE.] No agency may initiate or 
 35.33  renew a lease for space for its own use in a private building 
 35.34  unless the commissioner has thoroughly investigated presently 
 35.35  vacant space in public buildings, such as closed school 
 35.36  buildings, and found that none is available or use of the space 
 36.1   is not feasible, prudent, and cost-effective compared with 
 36.2   available alternatives.  
 36.3      (c)  [PREFERENCE FOR CERTAIN BUILDINGS.] For needs beyond 
 36.4   those which can be accommodated in state-owned buildings, the 
 36.5   commissioner shall acquire and utilize space in suitable 
 36.6   buildings of historical, architectural, or cultural significance 
 36.7   for the purposes of this subdivision unless use of that space is 
 36.8   not feasible, prudent and cost-effective compared with available 
 36.9   alternatives.  Buildings are of historical, architectural, or 
 36.10  cultural significance if they are listed on the national 
 36.11  register of historic places, designated by a state or county 
 36.12  historical society, or designated by a municipal preservation 
 36.13  commission.  
 36.14     (d)  [RECYCLING SPACE.] Leases for space of 30 days or more 
 36.15  for 5,000 square feet or more must require that space be 
 36.16  provided for recyclable materials. 
 36.17     Sec. 35.  Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 
 36.18  16B.335, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 36.19     Subdivision 1.  [CONSTRUCTION AND MAJOR REMODELING.] The 
 36.20  commissioner, or any other recipient to whom an appropriation is 
 36.21  made to acquire or better public lands or buildings or other 
 36.22  public improvements of a capital nature, must not prepare final 
 36.23  plans and specifications for any construction, major remodeling, 
 36.24  or land acquisition in anticipation of which the appropriation 
 36.25  was made until the agency that will use the project has 
 36.26  presented the program plan and cost estimates for all elements 
 36.27  necessary to complete the project to the chair of the senate 
 36.28  finance committee and the chair of the house ways and means 
 36.29  committee and the chairs have made their recommendations, and 
 36.30  the chair of the house capital investment committee is 
 36.31  notified.  "Construction or major remodeling" means construction 
 36.32  of a new building or substantial alteration of the exterior 
 36.33  dimensions or interior configuration of an existing building.  
 36.34  The presentation must note any significant changes in the work 
 36.35  that will be done, or in its cost, since the appropriation for 
 36.36  the project was enacted or from the predesign submittal.  The 
 37.1   program plans and estimates must be presented for review at 
 37.2   least two weeks before a recommendation is needed.  The 
 37.3   recommendations are advisory only.  Failure or refusal to make a 
 37.4   recommendation is considered a negative recommendation.  The 
 37.5   chairs of the senate finance committee, the house capital 
 37.6   investment committee, and the house ways and means committee 
 37.7   must also be notified whenever there is a substantial change in 
 37.8   a construction or major remodeling project, or in its cost. 
 37.9      Sec. 36.  Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 
 37.10  16B.335, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 37.11     Subd. 2.  [OTHER PROJECTS.] All other capital projects for 
 37.12  which a specific appropriation is made must not proceed until 
 37.13  the recipient undertaking the project has notified the chair of 
 37.14  the senate finance committee, the chair of the house capital 
 37.15  investment committee, and the chair of the house ways and means 
 37.16  committee that the work is ready to begin.  Notice is not 
 37.17  required for capital projects needed to comply with the 
 37.18  Americans with Disabilities Act or funded by an agency's 
 37.19  operating budget or by a capital asset preservation and 
 37.20  replacement account under section 16A.632, or a higher education 
 37.21  capital asset preservation and renewal account under section 
 37.22  135A.046, or systemwide appropriation specifically identified 
 37.23  for asset preservation purposes. 
 37.24     Sec. 37.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 16B.335, 
 37.25  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 37.26     Subd. 3.  [PREDESIGN REQUIREMENT.] (a) A recipient to whom 
 37.27  an appropriation is made for a project subject to review under 
 37.28  subdivision 1 or notice under subdivision 2 shall prepare a 
 37.29  predesign package and submit it to the commissioner for review 
 37.30  and recommendation before proceeding with schematic design 
 37.31  activities.  The commissioner must complete the review and 
 37.32  recommendation within ten working days after receiving it.  
 37.33  Failure to review and recommend within the ten days is 
 37.34  considered a positive recommendation.  The predesign package 
 37.35  must be sufficient to define the scope, cost, and schedule of 
 37.36  the project and must demonstrate that the project has been 
 38.1   analyzed according to appropriate space needs standards.  
 38.2      (b) Capital projects exempt from the requirements of this 
 38.3   section include construction, renovation, or improvements to 
 38.4   dams, highway rest areas, truck stations, storage facilities not 
 38.5   consisting primarily of offices or heated work areas, trails, 
 38.6   bike paths, sewer separation projects, water and wastewater 
 38.7   facilities, campgrounds, roads, bridges, or any other capital 
 38.8   project with a construction cost of less than $200,000. 
 38.9      Sec. 38.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 41B.19, 
 38.10  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 38.11     Subdivision 1.  [PROCEDURE.] For the purpose of developing 
 38.12  the state's agricultural resources by providing for the 
 38.13  extension of credit on real estate security and to assure the 
 38.14  timely payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds or 
 38.15  other obligations issued by the rural finance authority, and 
 38.16  upon request of the rural finance authority under section 
 38.17  41B.08, the commissioner of finance may at the direction of the 
 38.18  authority, issue general obligation bonds of the state in a 
 38.19  principal amount not exceeding $50,000,000 $91,000,000.  The 
 38.20  bonds must be secured as provided in the Minnesota Constitution, 
 38.21  article XI, section 7, and, except as provided in this section, 
 38.22  must be issued and secured as provided in section 16A.641.  The 
 38.23  proceeds of the bonds, except any premium and accrued interest, 
 38.24  must be deposited in the security account established by this 
 38.25  section and used solely for the purposes specified in this 
 38.26  section.  The premium and accrued interest, if any, must be 
 38.27  deposited in the the rural renewal bond account in the state 
 38.28  bond fund. 
 38.29     Sec. 39.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 84.033, is 
 38.30  amended to read: 
 38.31     84.033 [SCIENTIFIC AND NATURAL AREAS.] 
 38.32     Subdivision 1.  [ACQUISITION.] The commissioner of natural 
 38.33  resources may acquire by gift, lease, easement, or purchase, in 
 38.34  the manner prescribed under chapter 117, in the name of the 
 38.35  state, lands or any interest in lands suitable and desirable for 
 38.36  establishing and maintaining scientific and natural areas.  The 
 39.1   commissioner shall designate any land so acquired as a 
 39.2   scientific and natural area and shall administer any land so 
 39.3   acquired and designated as provided by section 86A.05.  
 39.4      Subd. 2.  [ROAD CONSTRUCTION.] A state, county, city, or 
 39.5   town road authority may not construct a road or add lanes or 
 39.6   increase carrying capacity to any portion of a road through a 
 39.7   state scientific and natural area. 
 39.8      Sec. 40.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 124.493, is 
 39.9   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 39.10     Subd. 4.  [CONSOLIDATION.] As an alternative to proceeding 
 39.11  through the cooperation and combination process established in 
 39.12  subdivision 3, a group of districts that receives a cooperative 
 39.13  secondary facility grant shall initiate consolidation 
 39.14  proceedings under section 122.23 no later than four years after 
 39.15  a grant is awarded under subdivision 1. 
 39.16     Sec. 41.  [129D.17] [SURVEY OF ARTS FACILITY NEEDS.] 
 39.17     The board of the arts shall survey the nonprofit arts 
 39.18  community in this state to assess the need for capital to 
 39.19  further the acquisition and betterment of nonprofit arts 
 39.20  facilities statewide.  The board shall report their findings to 
 39.21  the commissioners of administration and finance by June 15 of 
 39.22  each odd-numbered year for their use in preparing the governor's 
 39.23  capital budget request.  The board shall also report their 
 39.24  findings to the chairs of the state government finance divisions 
 39.25  in the senate and house of representatives. 
 39.26     Sec. 42.  Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 
 39.27  134.45, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 39.28     Subd. 2.  [APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER.] The commissioner of 
 39.29  children, families, and learning, in consultation with the state 
 39.30  council on disability, may approve or disapprove applications 
 39.31  under this section.  The grant money must be used only to remove 
 39.32  architectural barriers from a building or site.  When removal of 
 39.33  architectural barriers from an existing library building is not 
 39.34  economically feasible, the grant may be used for removing 
 39.35  architectural barriers from another building to be used all or 
 39.36  in part as a library. 
 40.1      Sec. 43.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 134.45, 
 40.2   subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
 40.3      Subd. 6.  [AWARD OF GRANTS.] The commissioner, in 
 40.4   consultation with the state council on disability, shall examine 
 40.5   and consider all applications for grants.  If a public library 
 40.6   jurisdiction is found not qualified, the commissioner shall 
 40.7   promptly notify it.  The commissioner shall prioritize grants on 
 40.8   the following bases:  the degree of collaboration with other 
 40.9   public or private agencies, the public library jurisdiction's 
 40.10  tax burden, the long-term feasibility of the project, the 
 40.11  suitability of the project, and the need for the project.  If 
 40.12  the total amount of the applications exceeds the amount that is 
 40.13  or can be made available, the commissioner shall award grants 
 40.14  according to the commissioner's judgment and discretion and 
 40.15  based upon a ranking of the projects according to the factors 
 40.16  listed in this subdivision.  The commissioner shall promptly 
 40.17  certify to each public library jurisdiction the amount, if any, 
 40.18  of the grant awarded to it. 
 40.19     Sec. 44.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 135A.046, 
 40.20  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 40.21     Subd. 3.  [REPORTING PRIORITIES.] Each post-secondary 
 40.22  governing board shall establish priorities within its HEAPR 
 40.23  higher education asset preservation and renewal projects.  
 40.24  By December 31 January 15 of each year, it shall submit a list 
 40.25  of those priorities for which capital bonding appropriations 
 40.26  will be sought in the next legislative session, as well as a 
 40.27  list of the projects that have received bond proceeds during 
 40.28  that calendar year to the commissioner of finance and to the 
 40.29  chairs of the higher education finance divisions, the senate 
 40.30  finance committee, and the house of representatives capital 
 40.31  investment committee a list of the projects that have been 
 40.32  funded with money from the higher education asset preservation 
 40.33  and renewal account during the preceding calendar year as well 
 40.34  as a list of those priority projects for which HEAPR 
 40.35  appropriations will be sought in that year's legislative session.
 40.36     Sec. 45.  Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 
 41.1   240A.09, is amended to read: 
 41.2      240A.09 [PLAN DEVELOPMENT; CRITERIA.] 
 41.3      The Minnesota amateur sports commission shall develop a 
 41.4   plan to promote the development of proposals for new statewide 
 41.5   public ice facilities including proposals for ice centers and 
 41.6   matching grants based on the criteria in this section. 
 41.7      (a) For ice center proposals, the commission will give 
 41.8   priority to proposals that come from more than one local 
 41.9   government unit and that, in the metropolitan area as defined in 
 41.10  section 473.121, subdivision 2, involve construction of at least 
 41.11  two ice sheets in a single facility or are part of a sports 
 41.12  complex with multiple sports facilities. 
 41.13     (b) The commission shall administer a site selection 
 41.14  process for the ice centers.  The commission shall invite 
 41.15  proposals from cities or counties or consortia of cities.  A 
 41.16  proposal for an ice center must include matching contributions 
 41.17  including in-kind contributions of land, access roadways and 
 41.18  access roadway improvements, and necessary utility services, 
 41.19  landscaping, and parking. 
 41.20     (c) Proposals for ice centers and matching grants must 
 41.21  provide for meeting the demand for ice time for female groups by 
 41.22  offering up to 50 percent of prime ice time, as needed, to 
 41.23  female groups.  For purposes of this section, prime ice time 
 41.24  means the hours of 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Monday to Friday and 
 41.25  9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.  
 41.26     (d) The location for all proposed facilities must be in 
 41.27  areas of maximum demonstrated interest and must maximize 
 41.28  accessibility to an arterial highway. 
 41.29     (e) To the extent possible, all proposed facilities must be 
 41.30  dispersed equitably, must be located to maximize potential for 
 41.31  full utilization and profitable operation, and must accommodate 
 41.32  noncompetitive family and community skating for all ages. 
 41.33     (f) The commission may also use the funds to upgrade 
 41.34  current facilities, purchase girls' ice time, or conduct amateur 
 41.35  women's hockey and other ice sport tournaments. 
 41.36     (g) To the extent possible, 50 percent of all grants must 
 42.1   be awarded to communities in greater Minnesota.  
 42.2      (h) To the extent possible, technical assistance shall be 
 42.3   provided to Minnesota communities by the commission on ice arena 
 42.4   planning, design, and operation, including the marketing of ice 
 42.5   time. 
 42.6      (i) The commission may use funds for rehabilitation and 
 42.7   renovation grants.  Priority must be given to grant applications 
 42.8   for indoor air quality improvements, including zero emission ice 
 42.9   resurfacing equipment. 
 42.10     (j) At least ten percent of the grant funds must be used 
 42.11  for ice centers designed for sports other than hockey.  
 42.12     Sec. 46.  [446A.072] [WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING 
 42.13  PROGRAM.] 
 42.14     Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PROGRAM.] The 
 42.15  authority shall establish a wastewater infrastructure funding 
 42.16  program to provide supplemental assistance to municipalities 
 42.17  applying for funding under the water pollution control revolving 
 42.18  loan program or the United States Department of Agriculture 
 42.19  Rural Economic and Community Development's (USDA/RECD) Water and 
 42.20  Waste Disposal Loans and Grants program for the design and 
 42.21  planning of, improvements to, and construction of municipal 
 42.22  wastewater treatment systems. 
 42.23     Subd. 2.  [TYPE OF SUPPLEMENTAL ASSISTANCE.] Supplemental 
 42.24  assistance shall be in the form of zero percent loans, with loan 
 42.25  repayments beginning February 20 or August 20 following the 
 42.26  scheduled date of the project obtaining the operational 
 42.27  performance standards established by the agency.  Upon receipt 
 42.28  of notice from the agency that the project operational 
 42.29  performance standards have been met, the authority shall forgive 
 42.30  the scheduled loan repayments made under this section.  If not 
 42.31  forgiven, loan repayments must be deferred upon request from the 
 42.32  commissioner of the agency for six-month periods, provided the 
 42.33  commissioner has determined that satisfactory progress is being 
 42.34  made to achieve project performance or is developing or 
 42.35  implementing a corrective action plan. 
 42.36     Subd. 3.  [PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.] The authority shall 
 43.1   provide supplemental assistance, as provided in subdivision 2, 
 43.2   to municipalities demonstrating financial need, as provided in 
 43.3   subdivision 4, whose projects have been certified to the 
 43.4   authority by the commissioner of the agency or whose projects 
 43.5   have been certified by the commissioner of the agency.  The 
 43.6   authority shall reserve supplemental assistance for projects in 
 43.7   order of their priority ranking established by the agency. 
 43.8      Subd. 4.  [FUNDING LEVEL.] (a) The authority shall provide 
 43.9   supplemental assistance, as provided by law appropriating money 
 43.10  for this purpose, for essential project component costs as 
 43.11  certified by the commissioner of the pollution control agency 
 43.12  under section 116.182, subdivision 4.  
 43.13     (b) The authority shall provide supplemental assistance to 
 43.14  a municipality that would not otherwise qualify for supplemental 
 43.15  assistance if: 
 43.16     (1) the municipality voluntarily accepts a sewer connection 
 43.17  from another governmental unit to serve residential, industrial, 
 43.18  or commercial developments that were completed before March 1, 
 43.19  1996; and 
 43.20     (2) fees charged by the municipality for the connection 
 43.21  take into account state and federal grants used by the 
 43.22  municipality for the construction of the treatment plant. 
 43.23  The amount of supplemental assistance under this paragraph must 
 43.24  be sufficient to reduce debt service payments under section 
 43.25  446A.07 to an extent equivalent to a zero percent loan in an 
 43.26  amount up to the other governmental unit's project costs 
 43.27  necessary for connection.  Eligibility for supplemental 
 43.28  assistance under this paragraph ends three years after the 
 43.29  agency certifies that the connection has met the operational 
 43.30  performance standards established by the agency. 
 43.31     Subd. 5.  [APPLICATIONS.] Applications for the wastewater 
 43.32  infrastructure funding program must be made to the authority on 
 43.33  forms prescribed by the authority and the agency for the water 
 43.34  pollution control revolving loan program.  The commissioner of 
 43.35  the pollution control agency shall determine if the project 
 43.36  meets the criteria set forth in section 116.182.  The 
 44.1   commissioner of the pollution control agency shall certify 
 44.2   projects to the authority under section 116.182, and shall rank 
 44.3   the certified applications in accordance with section 116.182, 
 44.4   and determine the essential project component percentage for 
 44.5   each certified application. 
 44.6      Subd. 6.  [DISBURSEMENTS.] Disbursements made by the 
 44.7   authority to recipients must be made for eligible project costs 
 44.8   as incurred by the recipients, and must be made by the authority 
 44.9   in accordance with the project financing agreement and 
 44.10  applicable state and federal laws and rules governing the 
 44.11  payments. 
 44.12     Subd. 7.  [LOAN REPAYMENTS.] All loan repayments received 
 44.13  by the authority under subdivision 2 must be used to provide 
 44.14  additional assistance under this section. 
 44.15     Subd. 8.  [ELIGIBILITY.] A municipality is eligible only 
 44.16  after grant funding from other sources, including funding under 
 44.17  section 298.223, has been applied for, obtained, rejected, or 
 44.18  the authority has determined that the potential funding is 
 44.19  unlikely. 
 44.20     Subd. 9.  [LOAN LIMITATION.] Supplemental assistance may 
 44.21  not be used to reduce the sewer service charges of a significant 
 44.22  wastewater contributor, or a single user that has caused the 
 44.23  need for the project or whose current or projected flow and load 
 44.24  exceed one-half of the current wastewater treatment plant's 
 44.25  capacity, unless the applicant can demonstrate to the authority 
 44.26  that the significant wastewater contributor cannot pay its fair 
 44.27  share. 
 44.28     Subd. 10.  [REPORT ON NEEDS.] By October 15 of each 
 44.29  odd-numbered year, the authority, in conjunction with the 
 44.30  pollution control agency, shall prepare a report to the finance 
 44.31  division of the senate environment and natural resources 
 44.32  committee and the house environment and natural resources 
 44.33  finance committee on wastewater funding assistance needs of 
 44.34  municipalities under this section. 
 44.35     Sec. 47.  [446A.073] [SYSTEM REPLACEMENT FUND.] 
 44.36     Each recipient of assistance under section 446A.072 shall 
 45.1   establish a system replacement fund setting aside a minimum of 
 45.2   $.10 per 1,000 gallons of flow for major rehabilitation, 
 45.3   expansion, or replacement of the treatment plant at the end of 
 45.4   its useful life.  Money must remain in the account, for the life 
 45.5   of the loan associated with the supplemental assistance under 
 45.6   section 446A.072, unless use of the fund is approved by the 
 45.7   authority for major rehabilitation, expansion, or replacement of 
 45.8   the treatment plant.  Failure to maintain the fund will cancel 
 45.9   the loan forgiveness provided under section 446A.072, 
 45.10  subdivision 2. 
 45.11     Sec. 48.  [473.355] [ROAD CONSTRUCTION IN REGIONAL PARKS.] 
 45.12     A state, county, city, or town road authority may not 
 45.13  construct a road or add lanes or increase carrying capacity to 
 45.14  any portion of a road through a regional park facility. 
 45.15     Sec. 49.  Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 
 45.16  473.901, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 45.17     Subdivision 1.  [COSTS COVERED BY FEE.] For each fiscal 
 45.18  year beginning with the fiscal year commencing July 1, 
 45.19  1995 1997, the amount necessary to pay the following costs shall 
 45.20  be paid from money is appropriated to the commissioner of 
 45.21  administration for those costs from the 911 emergency telephone 
 45.22  service account established under section 403.11: 
 45.23     (1) debt service costs and reserves for bonds issued 
 45.24  pursuant to section 473.898; 
 45.25     (2) repayment of the right-of-way acquisition loans; 
 45.26     (3) costs of design, construction, maintenance of, and 
 45.27  improvements to those elements of the first phase that support 
 45.28  mutual aid communications and emergency medical services; or 
 45.29     (4) recurring charges for leased sites and equipment for 
 45.30  those elements of the first phase that support actual aid and 
 45.31  emergency medical communication services. 
 45.32     Money appropriated from the 911 emergency telephone service 
 45.33  fee account This appropriation shall be used to pay annual debt 
 45.34  service costs and reserves for bonds issued pursuant to section 
 45.35  473.898 prior to use of fee money to pay other costs eligible 
 45.36  under this subdivision.  In no event shall the money 
 46.1   appropriated from the 911 emergency telephone service fee 
 46.2   account for the first phase radio system the appropriation for 
 46.3   each fiscal year exceed an amount equal to four cents a month 
 46.4   for each customer access line or other basic access service, 
 46.5   including trunk equivalents as designated by the public 
 46.6   utilities commission for access charge purposes and including 
 46.7   cellular and other nonwire access services, in the fiscal year. 
 46.8      Sec. 50.  Laws 1990, chapter 535, section 3, subdivision 3, 
 46.9   is amended to read: 
 46.10     Subd. 3.  [FUNDS.] The corporation may accept and use 
 46.11  gifts, grants, or contributions from any source, except that the 
 46.12  corporation may not receive state general fund appropriations to 
 46.13  support operation of the facility.  If the facility experiences 
 46.14  an operating deficit, the corporation and any Minnesota 
 46.15  nonprofit corporation with which the corporation enters into 
 46.16  management contracts or lease agreements shall rely upon private 
 46.17  or local government sources to provide operating funds.  Unless 
 46.18  otherwise restricted by the terms of a gift or bequest, the 
 46.19  board may sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of, and invest or 
 46.20  reinvest the money, securities, or other property given or 
 46.21  bequeathed to it.  The principal of these funds, the income from 
 46.22  them, and all other revenues received by it from any nonstate 
 46.23  source must be placed in the depositories the board determines 
 46.24  and is subject to expenditure for the board's purposes.  
 46.25  Expenditures of $25,000 or more must be approved by the full 
 46.26  board. 
 46.27     Sec. 51.  Laws 1994, chapter 643, section 11, subdivision 
 46.28  11, as amended by Laws 1995, chapter 208, section 4, is amended 
 46.29  to read: 
 46.30  Subd. 11.  Northland Community College 
 46.31  (a) Integrate community college 
 46.32  and technical college                                   100,000
 46.33  This appropriation is to prepare design 
 46.34  documents for remodeling and new 
 46.35  construction necessary for the 
 46.36  integration of Northland community 
 46.37  college and Thief River Falls technical 
 46.38  college.  The project will begin with 
 46.39  the integration of the student services 
 46.40  area and the learning resources center. 
 47.1   (b) Construct regional multievent  
 47.2   cultural center athletic facilities                   3,000,000
 47.3   This appropriation is to construct 
 47.4   athletic facilities that are expected 
 47.5   to be part of a regional multievent 
 47.6   cultural center.  All cities, counties, 
 47.7   and school districts in region 8A, and 
 47.8   public post-secondary education systems 
 47.9   shall are encouraged to cooperate in 
 47.10  the construction and joint use of 
 47.11  the facility facilities.  Up to 
 47.12  $2,000,000 is available immediately for 
 47.13  this project, but the remainder of the 
 47.14  money is not available unless matched 
 47.15  by an equal amount of money or in-kind 
 47.16  contributions from nonstate sources.  
 47.17  Nonstate money or in-kind contributions 
 47.18  that are raised in excess of the 
 47.19  required match may be used to expand 
 47.20  the center with additional phases. 
 47.21  Predesign plans for the expanded center 
 47.22  may be based on the assumption that 
 47.23  contributions in excess of the required 
 47.24  match will be available to construct 
 47.25  it, but design and construction for 
 47.26  each phase may not be undertaken until 
 47.27  the money necessary to complete the 
 47.28  phase has been committed.  
 47.29  The nonstate match added to this 
 47.30  project is in lieu of the debt service 
 47.31  payment assessed to higher education 
 47.32  projects. 
 47.33     Sec. 52.  Laws 1994, chapter 643, section 23, subdivision 
 47.34  20, is amended to read: 
 47.35  Subd. 20.  Local Recreation Grants                    1,400,000
 47.36  For matching grants to be provided to 
 47.37  local units of government for 
 47.38  acquisition, development, or renovation 
 47.39  of a capital nature of local park and 
 47.40  recreation areas.  Recipients must 
 47.41  provide a match of at least one-half of 
 47.42  total eligible project costs.  The 
 47.43  commissioner shall make payment to 
 47.44  local units of government upon 
 47.45  receiving documentation of reimbursable 
 47.46  expenditures.  The commissioner shall 
 47.47  determine project priorities as 
 47.48  appropriate based upon need.  
 47.49  Of this appropriation, $300,000 is to 
 47.50  provide a grant to Winona county for 
 47.51  the purchase and development of the 
 47.52  scenic vista on Hiawatha-Appleblossom 
 47.53  Scenic Drive in Winona county.  These 
 47.54  funds must be matched on a 
 47.55  dollar-for-dollar basis. 
 47.56  $500,000 of this appropriation is for 
 47.57  grants to units of government to 
 47.58  acquire and better natural and scenic 
 47.59  areas under new Minnesota Statutes, 
 47.60  section 85.019, subdivision 4a. 
 47.61     Sec. 53.  Laws 1994, chapter 643, section 27, subdivision 
 48.1   2, is amended to read: 
 48.2   Subd. 2.  Marine Education Center                    20,500,000
 48.3   To design, construct, furnish, and 
 48.4   equip a marine education center and 
 48.5   related visitor improvements at the 
 48.6   zoo.  This appropriation is intended to 
 48.7   complete the project.  
 48.8   All Half of the debt service costs on 
 48.9   the bonds sold to finance this 
 48.10  project that are due and payable 
 48.11  beginning in fiscal year 1997 must be 
 48.12  paid from dedicated receipts of the 
 48.13  Minnesota zoological garden to the 
 48.14  commissioner of finance as required by 
 48.15  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.643. 
 48.16  The board may not institute an 
 48.17  admission fee increase before April 1, 
 48.18  2000. 
 48.19     Sec. 54.  Laws 1994, chapter 643, section 79, subdivision 
 48.20  8, is amended to read: 
 48.21     Subd. 8.  [REALLOCATION OF UNUSED GRANT MONEY.] On December 
 48.22  31, 1995 1996, the commissioner shall determine whether any 
 48.23  money remains of the appropriations made in 1994 for the 
 48.24  purposes of this section.  If any money remains that has not 
 48.25  been granted to counties, the commissioner shall invite counties 
 48.26  to submit applications for capital improvements to acquire or 
 48.27  better publicly owned secure juvenile detention facilities.  The 
 48.28  commissioner shall consider the needs of applicants for 
 48.29  improvements at the facilities and shall make grants to counties 
 48.30  whose needs, in the commissioner's judgment, are greatest. 
 48.31     Sec. 55.  [LAND TRANSFER.] 
 48.32     Notwithstanding other law, the board of trustees of the 
 48.33  Minnesota state colleges and universities shall without 
 48.34  compensation transfer to the school board of independent school 
 48.35  district No. 347, Willmar, up to seven acres in the southwest 
 48.36  corner of approximately 40 acres of undeveloped technical 
 48.37  college property previously transferred by the school board and 
 48.38  legally described as "The Southeast Quarter of the Southwest 
 48.39  Quarter (SE 1/4 of the SW 1/4) of Section 4, Township 119, Range 
 48.40  35."  The number of acres transferred shall be as agreed by the 
 48.41  school board and the board of trustees of the Minnesota state 
 48.42  colleges and universities.  Unless and until the school board 
 49.1   elects to develop this property for its own educational 
 49.2   purposes, the board of trustees of the Minnesota state colleges 
 49.3   and universities shall have access to the property at no cost 
 49.4   for the purpose of agricultural instruction.  If the school 
 49.5   board elects to develop the property, it shall do so only for an 
 49.6   educational purpose.  The deed of gift must provide that, if the 
 49.7   school board develops the property for other than an educational 
 49.8   purpose, uses the property without developing it, or no longer 
 49.9   desires to hold the property, the property will revert to the 
 49.10  state on behalf of the board of trustees of the Minnesota state 
 49.11  colleges and universities. 
 49.12     Sec. 56.  [REPEALER.] 
 49.13     (a) Minnesota Statutes 1994, sections 15.50, subdivision 5; 
 49.14  and 446A.071, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8; Minnesota 
 49.15  Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 446A.071, subdivision 2; and 
 49.16  Laws 1994, chapter 643, section 24, subdivision 3, are repealed. 
 49.17     (b) Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 116.162, as amended by 
 49.18  Laws 1995, chapter 233, article 2, section 56, is repealed. 
 49.19     Sec. 57.  [EFFECTIVE DATES.] 
 49.20     Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective the day 
 49.21  following final enactment.  Sections 46 and 47 apply to projects 
 49.22  contracted for in calendar year 1996 and later.  Section 54 is 
 49.23  effective retroactively to December 31, 1995.  Section 56, 
 49.24  paragraph (b), is effective December 31, 2000.