SF 3774

as introduced - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to capital improvements; authorizing state 
  1.3             bonds and appropriating money for improvements 
  1.4             designed to minimize lifetime building costs for 
  1.5             capital projects of statewide significance. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  [APPROPRIATION; SMART BUILDING COMPETITION.] 
  1.8      (a) $10,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund 
  1.9   to the commissioner of administration to provide supplemental 
  1.10  funds to minimize the lifetime costs of state government capital 
  1.11  projects.  The commissioner must establish a competitive process 
  1.12  for awarding the funds, and may collaborate with a smart 
  1.13  building partnership composed of individuals appointed by the 
  1.14  governor.  The money from this appropriation that is made 
  1.15  available to an individual project must be used exclusively for 
  1.16  capital investments in smarter building practices and 
  1.17  technologies that reduce the lifetime costs for projects of 
  1.18  statewide significance.  The commissioner shall provide funds to 
  1.19  a selected project based on the extent to which the smart 
  1.20  building improvement proposal for the project meets the criteria 
  1.21  identified in paragraph (b). 
  1.22     (b) An applicant for an award under this section must 
  1.23  demonstrate the extent to which the proposed improvements would: 
  1.24     (1) minimize lifetime costs of the capital project, 
  1.25  including the siting, design, construction, operations and 
  2.1   maintenance of buildings and grounds, deconstruction or 
  2.2   demolition costs, impacts on Minnesota's resource base, and 
  2.3   impacts on human health, productivity, and well-being; 
  2.4      (2) provide opportunities for building reuse; 
  2.5      (3) substantially reduce energy use for the project in 
  2.6   comparison to average energy use for the particular type of 
  2.7   project with special emphasis on investments having a ten-year 
  2.8   simple payback; 
  2.9      (4) create a healthier work environment that enhances 
  2.10  employee productivity and wellness; 
  2.11     (5) use a site that incorporates existing public 
  2.12  infrastructure and accommodates a range of transportation 
  2.13  options; 
  2.14     (6) use building products that minimize lifetime costs and 
  2.15  incorporate renewable, recycled, and recyclable materials; 
  2.16     (7) eliminate or minimize the use of toxic chemicals in 
  2.17  building materials; 
  2.18     (8) provide a plan for operations and maintenance, 
  2.19  including documentation of the associated costs; 
  2.20     (9) implement practices that preserve, conserve, or enhance 
  2.21  the on-site natural landscape and habitat; 
  2.22     (10) specify links to agency strategic plans; and 
  2.23     (11) provide examples for improvements in the capital 
  2.24  budget process that increase the economic, environmental, and 
  2.25  productivity performance of all construction projects in this 
  2.26  state. 
  2.27     Sec. 2.  [BOND AUTHORIZATION.] 
  2.28     To provide the money appropriated in this act from the bond 
  2.29  proceeds fund, the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue 
  2.30  bonds of the state in an amount up to $10,000,000 in the manner, 
  2.31  upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota 
  2.32  Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota 
  2.33  Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7. 
  2.34     Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.35     This act is effective the day after its final enactment.