SF 2929

as introduced - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 05/08/2018 04:03pm

A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; appropriating money for two job training facilities
in St. Paul; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Section 1. SOUTHEAST ASIAN LANGUAGE JOB TRAINING FACILITIES; ST.
PAUL.

Subdivision 1.

Appropriation.

$6,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund
to the commissioner of employment and economic development for a grant to the city of
St. Paul to predesign, design, renovate, construct, furnish, and equip a bus driver and
mechanics training facility on Acker Street in St. Paul for training drivers and mechanics
through programming primarily in the Southeast Asian languages, and to predesign, design,
renovate, construct, furnish, and equip a training facility on Plato Avenue in St. Paul to be
used during renovation of the Acker Street facility and for use as a training facility for health
care, manufacturing, and information technology jobs through programming primarily in
the Southeast Asian languages. This appropriation is available when the commissioner of
management and budget determines that sufficient resources have been committed to
complete the project, as required by Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.502. The city of St.
Paul may enter into a lease or management agreement with a nonprofit corporation for either
or both of these facilities under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695.

Subd. 2.

Bond sale.

To provide the money appropriated in this section from the bond
proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of
the state in an amount up to $6,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect
prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota
Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.