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SF 3670

as introduced - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 08/24/2018 08:44am

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.

Current Version - as introduced

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A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; appropriating money for capital improvements at
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities; authorizing the sale and issuance of
state bonds.

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

Section 1. new text begin MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Appropriation. new text end

new text begin $224,509,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds
fund to the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities for the
purposes of this section.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Higher Education Asset Preservation and Replacement (HEAPR).
new text end

new text begin $180,000,000 of this appropriation is to be spent in accordance with Minnesota Statutes,
section 135A.046.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Anoka-Ramsey Community College, Coon Rapids. new text end

new text begin $569,000 of this
appropriation is to design the renovation of the business and nursing building on the Coon
Rapids campus.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Baccalaureate Expansion, Minneapolis Community and Technical College,
North Hennepin Community College, Normandale Community College.
new text end

new text begin $4,270,000
of this appropriation is to design, renovate, and equip space on the college campuses in
Minneapolis, Brooklyn Park, and Bloomington to support baccalaureate programming
expansion.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Bemidji State University. new text end

new text begin $22,512,000 of this appropriation is to demolish
and replace Hagg Sauer Hall with the Academic Learning Center Building; and to design,
renovate, and equip A.C. Clark Library, Bangsberg Hall, Bensen Hall, Bridgeman Hall, and
Sattgast Hall.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 6. new text end

new text begin Central Lakes College, Brainerd. new text end

new text begin $455,000 of this appropriation is to design
the renovation of the student support and student life areas within the main campus building.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 7. new text end

new text begin Century College. new text end

new text begin $6,362,000 of this appropriation is to design, renovate, and
equip the Engineering and Applied Technology Center, welding lab, fabrication lab, auto
disassembly, and related student support and university partnership space on the east campus.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 8. new text end

new text begin Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College, Maajiigi (Start to Grow).
new text end

new text begin $1,157,000 of this appropriation is to design, renovate, and equip classrooms and offices
for the elementary education program; renovate kitchen area; to perform site work to support
outdoor learning; and to demolish obsolete modular classroom/office building.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 9. new text end

new text begin Inver Hills Community College. new text end

new text begin $698,000 of this appropriation is to design
the renovation of the Technology and Business Center to include the link to Heritage Hall.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 10. new text end

new text begin Minnesota State University, Mankato. new text end

new text begin $6,478,000 of this appropriation is
to design, renovate, renew, equip, and repurpose the spaces in Wissink Hall, Morris Hall,
and Wiecking Center vacated when occupants moved to the new Clinical Science Building;
and to install a solar array on the roof of the new Clinical Science Building.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 11. new text end

new text begin Minnesota State University, Moorhead. new text end

new text begin $628,000 of this appropriation is
to design the renovation of Weld Hall.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 12. new text end

new text begin Normandale Community College. new text end

new text begin $12,636,000 of this appropriation is to
design Phases 1 and 2 of the renovation of the College Services Building; and to renovate
and equip the first floor of the College Services Building, including site improvements that
address ADA compliance and storm water management.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 13. new text end

new text begin Northland Community and Technical College, East Grand Forks.
new text end

new text begin $2,425,000 of this appropriation is to design, renovate, renew, and equip teaching and
learning lab space at the East Grand Forks campus.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 14. new text end

new text begin Riverland Community College, Albert Lea. new text end

new text begin $10,122,000 of this appropriation
is to design, renovate, renew, and equip classroom and lab space at the Albert Lea campus;
to construct infill in Building C to support auto and diesel labs; and to demolish obsolete
child care building.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 15. new text end

new text begin Rochester Community and Technical College. new text end

new text begin $22,853,000 of this
appropriation is to demolish Plaza and Memorial Halls; to design, renovate, renew, and
equip classrooms and labs; to construct an addition adjacent to Endicott Hall; to construct
a central chiller plant; and to demolish the maintenance building and child care building.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 16. new text end

new text begin Saint Paul College. new text end

new text begin $995,000 of this appropriation is to design the renovation
of classroom, lab, and student services space in the main campus building.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 17. new text end

new text begin Vermilion Community College. new text end

new text begin $2,349,000 of this appropriation is to design,
renovate, renew, and equip the classroom building and common space.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 18. new text end

new text begin Debt service. new text end

new text begin (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), the Board of Trustees
shall pay the debt service on one-third of the principal amount of state bonds sold to finance
projects authorized by this section. After each sale of general obligation bonds, the
commissioner of management and budget shall notify the board of the amounts assessed
for each year for the life of the bonds.
new text end

new text begin (b) The board need not pay debt service on bonds sold to finance HEAPR. Where a
nonstate match is required, the debt service is due on a principal amount equal to one-third
of the total project cost, less the match committed before the bonds are sold.
new text end

new text begin (c) The commissioner of management and budget shall reduce the board's assessment
each year by one-third of the net income from investment of general obligation bond proceeds
in proportion to the amount of principal and interest otherwise required to be paid by the
board. The board shall pay its resulting net assessment to the commissioner of management
and budget by December 1 each year. If the board fails to make a payment when due, the
commissioner of management and budget shall reduce allotments for appropriations from
the general fund otherwise available to the board and apply the amount of the reduction to
cover the missed debt service payment. The commissioner of management and budget shall
credit the payments received from the board to the bond debt service account in the state
bond fund each December 1 before money is transferred from the general fund under
Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641, subdivision 10.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 19. new text end

new text begin Unspent appropriations. new text end

new text begin (a) Upon substantial completion of a project
authorized in this section and after written notice to the commissioner of management and
budget, the board must use any money remaining in the appropriation for that project for
HEAPR under Minnesota Statutes, section 135A.046. The Board of Trustees must report
by February 1 of each even-numbered year to the chairs of the house of representatives and
senate committees with jurisdiction over capital investment and higher education finance,
and to the chairs of the house of representatives Ways and Means Committee and the senate
Finance Committee, on how the remaining money has been allocated or spent.
new text end

new text begin (b) The unspent portion of an appropriation for a project in this section that is complete
is available for HEAPR under this subdivision, at the same campus as the project for which
the original appropriation was made and the debt service requirement under this section is
reduced accordingly. Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, applies from the date of the
original appropriation to the unspent amount transferred.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 20. 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 $224,509,000 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.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

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