SF 3607

as introduced - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 04/10/2018 08:45am

A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; authorizing the commissioner of education to award
school safety facility grants to school districts to enhance safety for students and
staff; appropriating money; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Section 1. new text begin SCHOOL SAFETY; FACILITIES GRANTS.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Appropriation. new text end

new text begin $....... is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to
the commissioner of education for school safety facility grants according to this section.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Application process. new text end

new text begin A school district may apply for a school safety facility
grant in the form and manner specified by the commissioner of education.
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new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Grant awards. new text end

new text begin (a) After consultation with the Department of Public Safety's
Minnesota School Safety Center, the commissioner of education may award a school safety
facility grant of no more than $....... for each qualifying school building to a school district.
The commissioner must prioritize grant applications. At least half of the grants must be
awarded to school districts with administrative offices located outside of the seven-county
metropolitan area.
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new text begin (b) The appropriation is for grants to predesign, design, construct, furnish, and equip
school facilities and includes renovating existing buildings and expanding existing facilities.
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new text begin (c) Before any grant is approved under this subdivision, the district must provide
documentation acceptable to the commissioner of education on how the grant will be used.
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new text begin (d) No money for construction may be distributed by the commissioner of education to
the recipient school district until bids have been received on 100 percent of the construction
documents and satisfactory documentation has been submitted to the commissioner of
education indicating the project can be fully completed with money available for the project.
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new text begin (e) Grants are 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.
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new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Bond sale. new text end

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

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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