SF 3295

as introduced - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to capital improvements; authorizing spending to acquire and better
public land and buildings and other improvements of a capital nature with
certain conditions; establishing new programs and modifying existing programs;
authorizing the sale of state bonds; canceling and modifying previous
appropriations; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006,
sections 16B.32, by adding a subdivision; 16B.325; 116.155, subdivisions 2, 3;
119A.45; 136F.10; 136F.60, subdivision 5; 136F.64, subdivision 1, by adding a
subdivision; 136F.98, subdivision 1; Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter
20, article 1, section 12, subdivision 3; Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, sections
7, subdivision 21; 17; 20, subdivision 3; 21, subdivision 2; 23, subdivisions 8,
16; Laws 2006, chapter 258, sections 4, subdivision 4; 7, subdivisions 3, as
amended, 7, 11, 22; 16, subdivision 5; 17, subdivision 8; 21, subdivisions 6,
15; 23, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
chapters 116; 137.

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

Section 1. new text beginCAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS. new text end

new text begin The sums shown in the column under "Appropriations" are appropriated from the
bond proceeds fund, or another named fund, to the state agencies or officials indicated,
to be spent for public purposes. Appropriations of bond proceeds must be spent as
authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 5, paragraph (a), to acquire
and better public land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature, or
as authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 5, paragraphs (b) to (j), or
article XIV. Unless otherwise specified, the appropriations in this act are available until
the project is completed or abandoned subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642.
new text end

new text begin SUMMARY new text end
new text begin University of Minnesota new text end	new text begin $ new text end	new text begin 133,999,000 new text end
new text begin Minnesota State Colleges and Universities new text end		new text begin 271,085,000 new text end
new text begin Education new text end		new text begin 35,240,000 new text end
new text begin Minnesota State Academies new text end		new text begin 6,000,000 new text end
new text begin Perpich Center for Arts Education new text end		new text begin 999,000 new text end
new text begin Natural Resources new text end		new text begin 99,660,000 new text end
new text begin Pollution Control Agency new text end		new text begin 27,500,000 new text end
new text begin Board of Water and Soil Resources new text end		new text begin 23,870,000 new text end
new text begin Zoological Garden new text end		new text begin 7,500,000 new text end
new text begin Administration new text end		new text begin 21,225,000 new text end
new text begin Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission new text end		new text begin 9,725,000 new text end
new text begin Military Affairs new text end		new text begin 8,000,000 new text end
new text begin Public Safety new text end		new text begin 16,010,000 new text end
new text begin Transportation new text end		new text begin 21,500,000 new text end
new text begin Metropolitan Council new text end		new text begin 136,620,000 new text end
new text begin Human Services new text end		new text begin 12,650,000 new text end
new text begin Veterans Affairs new text end		new text begin 14,082,000 new text end
new text begin Corrections new text end		new text begin 32,341,000 new text end
new text begin Employment and Economic Development new text end		new text begin 221,825,000 new text end
new text begin Minnesota Historical Society new text end		new text begin 12,694,000 new text end
new text begin Bond Sale Expenses new text end		new text begin 978,000 new text end
new text begin Cancellations new text end		new text begin (26,615,000) new text end
new text begin Lewis and Clark new text end		new text begin 5,282,000 new text end
new text begin TOTAL new text end	new text begin $ new text end	new text begin 1,086,620,000 new text end
new text begin Bond Proceeds Fund (General Fund Debt Service) new text end		new text begin 958,785,000 new text end
new text begin Bond Proceeds Fund (User Financed Debt Service) new text end		new text begin 70,995,000 new text end
new text begin Maximum Effort School Loan Fund new text end		new text begin 32,000,000 new text end
new text begin State Transportation Fund new text end		new text begin 1,000,000 new text end
new text begin Remediation Fund new text end		new text begin 25,000,000 new text end
new text begin General Fund new text end		new text begin 25,455,000 new text end
new text begin Bond Proceeds Cancellations new text end		new text begin (26,615,000) new text end

					new text begin APPROPRIATIONS new text end

Sec. 2. new text beginUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Total Appropriation new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 133,999,000 new text end

new text begin To the Board of Regents of the University
of Minnesota for the purposes specified in
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 40,000,000 new text end

new text begin 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 Twin Cities Campus new text end

new text begin (a) Science Teaching and Student Services new text end

new text begin 48,333,000 new text end

new text begin To design, construct, furnish, and equip a
new science teaching and student services
building on the Twin Cities campus near
the Washington Avenue Bridge. This
appropriation includes money to demolish
the existing Science Classroom Building and
to construct infrastructure required to serve
the new building.
new text end

new text begin (b) Bell Museum of Natural History new text end

new text begin 24,000,000 new text end

new text begin To complete design and to construct, furnish,
and equip a new Bell Museum of Natural
History on the St. Paul campus.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Duluth Campus new text end

new text begin Civil Engineering Addition new text end

new text begin 10,00,000 new text end

new text begin To design, construct, furnish, and equip
an addition to Voss-Kovach Hall on the
University of Minnesota Duluth campus for
the Department of Civil Engineering. The
addition will include teaching laboratories,
research laboratories, classrooms, and
administrative offices.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Morris Campus new text end

new text begin Community Services Building Renovation new text end

new text begin 5,000,000 new text end

new text begin To design, construct, furnish, and equip
a renovation of the Community Services
Building on the University of Minnesota
Morris campus to serve as the campus
gateway center. This appropriation includes
money to improve infrastructure required to
serve the renovated building.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 6. new text end new text begin Research and Outreach Centers new text end

new text begin 1,333,000 new text end

new text begin To design, construct, furnish, and equip a
new maintenance facility at the Northwest
Research and Outreach Center in Crookston.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 7. new text end new text begin Classroom Renewal new text end

new text begin 2,000,000 new text end

new text begin To renovate classrooms and classroom
technology and improve accessibility to
classrooms by the disabled.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 8. new text end new text begin Laboratory Renovation new text end

new text begin 3,333,000 new text end

new text begin To renovate research laboratories.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 9. new text end new text begin University Share new text end

new text begin Except for Higher Education Asset
Preservation and Replacement (HEAPR)
under subdivision 2, the appropriations in this
section are intended to cover approximately
two-thirds of the cost of each project. The
remaining costs must be paid from university
sources.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 10. new text end new text begin Unspent Appropriations new text end

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

Sec. 3. new text beginMINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Total Appropriation new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 271,085,000 new text end

new text begin To the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota
State Colleges and Universities for the
purposes specified in this section.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Higher Education Asset Preservation And Replacement new text end

new text begin 50,000,000 new text end

new text begin For the purposes specified in Minnesota
Statutes, section 135A.046, including safety
and statutory compliance, building envelope
integrity, mechanical systems, and space
restoration.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Alexandria Technical College new text end

new text begin Law Enforcement Center new text end

new text begin 10,500,000 new text end

new text begin To complete design of and construct, furnish,
and equip a new Law Enforcement Center
and renovate, furnish, and equip classroom
and laboratory space.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Anoka Ramsey Community College, Coon Rapids new text end

new text begin Classrooms and Laboratories new text end

new text begin 3,800,000 new text end

new text begin To design, construct, furnish, and equip an
academic addition for classrooms and offices,
and to design the renovation of the Fine Arts
Classroom and Laboratory Building.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Bemidji State University new text end

new text begin Sattgast Science Building Addition and Renovation new text end

new text begin 8,900,000 new text end

new text begin To construct, furnish, and equip an addition
to and renovation of Sattgast Hall for biology
and chemistry labs, science classrooms, and
associated spaces, and to demolish the Peters
Aquatics Lab.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 6. new text end new text begin Century College new text end

new text begin Classroom and Student Support Space Renovation new text end

new text begin 7,900,000 new text end

new text begin As Phase 2, to design, construct, furnish,
and equip renovation of space on the east
and west campuses vacated by the move to
the new Science Instruction and Learning
Resource Center Building on the east campus
in Phase 1.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 7. new text end new text begin Dakota County Technical College new text end

new text begin Transportation and Emerging Technologies Labs new text end

new text begin 200,000 new text end

new text begin To design the relocation and renovation of
transportation and emerging technologies
classrooms, laboratories, and related spaces.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 8. new text end new text begin Inver Hills Community College new text end

new text begin Classroom Addition and Renovation new text end

new text begin 13,200,000 new text end

new text begin To construct, furnish, and equip a classroom
addition to and renovation of the Fine Arts
Building, to include classrooms, teaching
labs, and a renovated auditorium. This
appropriation includes funding to demolish
obsolete space in the building. College funds
may be added to this appropriation up to a
total project cost of $13,450,000.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 9. new text end new text begin Lake Superior Community and Technical College new text end

new text begin Health and Science Center Addition new text end

new text begin 11,000,000 new text end

new text begin To complete design of and to construct,
furnish, and equip an addition to the Health
and Science Center and to renovate existing
spaces.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 10. new text end new text begin Mesabi Range Community and Technical College, Eveleth new text end

new text begin Carpentry and Industrial Mechanical Technology and Shops new text end

new text begin 5,000,000 new text end

new text begin To construct, furnish, and equip shop
space to move the Carpentry and Industrial
Mechanical Technology programs back to
campus, renovate rest rooms, and replace
HVAC systems.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 11. new text end new text begin Metropolitan State University new text end

new text begin (a) Smart Classroom Center new text end

new text begin 4,980,000 new text end

new text begin To construct, furnish, and equip renovation
of two floors of technology-enhanced
classrooms and academic offices in St. John's
Hall.
new text end

new text begin (b) Law Enforcement Training Center new text end

new text begin 13,900,000 new text end

new text begin To compete design of and to construct,
furnish, and equip, in cooperation with
Minneapolis Community and Technical
College, a colocated Law Enforcement
Training Center on the campus of Hennepin
Technical College in Brooklyn Park.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 12. new text end new text begin Minneapolis Community and Technical College new text end

new text begin Workforce Program Space new text end

new text begin 400,000 new text end

new text begin To design renovation of instructional
space, support space, and infrastructure for
workforce programs.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 13. new text end new text begin Minnesota State University, Mankato new text end

new text begin Trafton Science Center Renovation new text end

new text begin 25,500,000 new text end

new text begin To construct, furnish, and equip a renovation
of south and center sections of Trafton Hall
for classrooms, science laboratories, and
related offices.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 14. new text end new text begin Minnesota State University, Moorhead new text end

new text begin (a) Lommen Hall Renovation new text end

new text begin 13,100,000 new text end

new text begin To complete design of and to construct,
furnish, and equip renovation of Lommen
Hall and construct an addition to the
basement.
new text end

new text begin (b) Livingston Lord Library new text end

new text begin 400,000 new text end

new text begin To design renovation of the Livingston Lord
Library.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 15. new text end new text begin Minnesota West Community and Technical College, Worthington new text end

new text begin Fieldhouse Renovation new text end

new text begin 450,000 new text end

new text begin To design renovation of and an addition to
the Fieldhouse.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 16. new text end new text begin Moorhead Community and Technology College new text end

new text begin Trades Addition and Library Design new text end

new text begin 2,500,000 new text end

new text begin To demolish the Air Conditioning and
Refrigeration Building; design, construct,
furnish, and equip an addition to the
mechanical construction trades laboratory;
and design a three-story classroom and
library addition.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 17. new text end new text begin Normandale Community College new text end

new text begin Classroom Addition and Renovation new text end

new text begin 7,000,000 new text end

new text begin To complete design of and to construct,
furnish, and equip an addition to and
renovation of the Health and Wellness
Building for classrooms, laboratories, and
related offices, and to renovate, furnish, and
equip the Athletics Building for classrooms
and related space. This appropriation
includes funding to install an elevator to
make the building ADA accessible.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 18. new text end new text begin North Hennepin Community College new text end

new text begin (a) new text end new text begin Center for Business and Technology new text end

new text begin 13,300,000 new text end

new text begin To construct, furnish, and equip an addition
to the Center for Business and Technology
and to renovate the center for classrooms and
related space.
new text end

new text begin (b) Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Facilities new text end

new text begin 900,000 new text end

new text begin To design for construction and renovation of
facilities at both North Hennepin Community
College and Anoka Ramsey Community
College, Coon Rapids, to support Science
Technology Engineering and Math (STEM)
program initiatives.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 19. new text end new text begin Northland Community and Technical College, East Grand Forks new text end

new text begin Nursing, Health Care, and Learning Resources Center new text end

new text begin 7,800,000 new text end

new text begin To construct, furnish, and equip a nursing
addition and renovate spaces for allied
health laboratories, library, learning resource
center, student commons, bookstore,
classrooms, ancillary spaces, and boiler
system expansion.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 20. new text end new text begin Owatonna College and University Center new text end

new text begin Property Acquisition new text end

new text begin 3,500,000 new text end

new text begin To acquire the Owatonna College and
University Center in Steele County.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 21. new text end new text begin South Central College, Faribault new text end

new text begin Classroom Renovation and Addition new text end

new text begin 400,000 new text end

new text begin To design demolition of obsolete space, a
small addition, and renovation of remaining
space for classrooms, a learning resource
center, and laboratories.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 22. new text end new text begin St. Cloud State University new text end

new text begin (a) Brown Science Hall Renovation new text end

new text begin 14,800,000 new text end

new text begin To complete design of and to construct,
furnish, and equip a renovation of Brown
Hall for classrooms, science laboratories, and
other instructional and ancillary spaces. This
appropriation includes funding to reglaze the
existing skyway from the building and to
construct a new skyway to Centennial Hall.
new text end

new text begin (b) Science and Engineering Lab new text end

new text begin 900,000 new text end

new text begin To design an integrated science and
engineering laboratory and student and
academic support building.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 23. new text end new text begin St. Cloud Technical College new text end

new text begin Allied Health Center Renovation new text end

new text begin 200,000 new text end

new text begin To design renovation of the Allied Health
Center.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 24. new text end new text begin St. Paul College new text end

new text begin Transportation and Applied Technology Laboratories and Shops new text end

new text begin 13,500,000 new text end

new text begin To construct, furnish, and equip the
renovation of classrooms, the transportation
and applied technology and trades
laboratories on the ground floor, and an
expansion of the truck mechanics shop.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 25. new text end new text begin Southwest Minnesota State University new text end

new text begin (a) Science and Hotel and Restaurant Laboratories new text end

new text begin 9,000,000 new text end

new text begin To complete design of and to construct,
furnish, and equip renovation of laboratories
in the Science and Technology Building,
laboratories and a classroom in the Science
and Math Building, and hotel and restaurant
industries teaching laboratories in the
Individualized Learning Center.
new text end

new text begin (b) Science Laboratory Renovation new text end

new text begin 200,000 new text end

new text begin To design renovation of the science
laboratories and an addition to the Plant
Science Learning Center in the Science and
Math Building.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 26. new text end new text begin Winona State University new text end

new text begin Memorial Hall new text end

new text begin 8,400,000 new text end

new text begin To construct, furnish, and equip an addition
to Memorial Hall and renovation of vacated
spaces at Gildemeister Hall. The board may
use nonstate money for the remainder of the
cost of the construction.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 27. new text end new text begin Systemwide Initiatives new text end

new text begin (a) Science Laboratory and Classroom Renovation new text end

new text begin 5,775,000 new text end

new text begin To design, renovate, furnish, and equip
teaching laboratories and classrooms for
science and applied technology. Campuses
may use nonstate money to increase the size
of the projects. This appropriation may be
used at the following campuses: Alexandria
Technical College; Anoka Technical College;
Anoka Ramsey Community College,
Cambridge; Bemidji State University;
Central Lakes College, Brainerd; Century
College, White Bear Lake; Inver Hills
Community College, Inver Grove Heights;
Hennepin Technical College, Brooklyn
Park and Eden Prairie; Northeast Higher
Education District Vermilion Community
College; and Ridgewater Community
Technical College, Willmar.
new text end

new text begin (b) Classroom Renovation new text end

new text begin 3,625,000 new text end

new text begin To design, construct, furnish, and equip
renovation of classroom and academic
space. Campuses may use nonstate
money to increase the size of the projects.
This appropriation may be used at the
following campuses: Central Lakes College,
Brainerd; Minnesota State Community
Technical College, Moorhead and Wadena;
Minnesota West Community Technical
College, Pipestone; Northland Community
Technical College, Thief River Falls; Pine
Technical College, Pine City; and Rochester
Community Technical College, Rochester.
new text end

new text begin (c) Property Acquisition new text end

new text begin 10,055,000 new text end

new text begin To acquire real property adjacent to the state
college and university campuses or within
the boundaries of the campus master plan.
new text end

new text begin This appropriation may be used at Bemidji
State University; Dakota County Technical
College; Fond du Lac Tribal Community
College; Minnesota State Community and
Technical College, Moorhead; Minnesota
State University Moorhead; and Vermilion
Community College.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 28. new text end new text begin Debt Service new text end

new text begin (a) The board shall pay the debt service on
one-third of the principal amount of state
bonds sold to finance projects authorized
by this section, except for higher education
asset preservation and replacement and the
expansion of Memorial Hall at Winona State
University, and except that, 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. After each sale of
general obligation bonds, the commissioner
of finance 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 commissioner 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 finance by December 1 each
year. If the board fails to make a payment
when due, the commissioner of finance
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 finance
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. 29. 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 finance, the
Board of Trustees 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 and senate committees with
jurisdiction over capital investments and
higher education finance, and to the chairs of
the house 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 higher education asset
preservation and replacement under this
subdivision at the same campus as the
project for which the original appropriation
was made and the debt service requirement
under subdivision 28 is reduced accordingly.
Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, applies
from the date of the original appropriation to
the unspent amount transferred.
new text end

Sec. 4. new text beginMINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Total Appropriation new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 35,240,000 new text end

new text begin To the commissioner of education for the
purposes specified in this section.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Independent School District No. 11, Anoka-Hennepin new text end

new text begin 240,000 new text end

new text begin For a grant to Independent School District
No. 11, Anoka-Hennepin, to acquire land
adjacent to Riverview Elementary School
and for improvements of a capital nature
to develop and restore wetland and native
prairie habitat on the land.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Independent School District No. 38, Red Lake new text end

new text begin 32,000,000 new text end

new text begin From the maximum effort school loan fund
for a capital loan to Independent School
District No. 38, Red Lake, as provided in
Minnesota Statutes, sections 126C.60 to
126C.72, to design, construct, furnish, and
equip renovation of existing facilities and
construction of new facilities. The project
includes renovation of, and an addition
to, the high school and middle school to
provide classrooms and related facilities for
technology education, vocational education,
physical education, and community
education, and to provide for food services
and administrative offices. The heating
plant and piping for the high school and
middle school will be upgraded and the
motor vehicle fuel and propane tanks may
be relocated. The project may include
renovation of the Red Lake Elementary
School to add classrooms and to link it
to the Early Childhood Learning Center.
The project may include renovation of the
Ponemah Elementary School to add a media
center and Head Start center, add parking,
improve the bus drop-off, and expand
playground facilities.
new text end

new text begin The commissioner and Independent School
District No. 38, Red Lake, shall report to
the legislature by January 10, 2009, on the
progress of the project funded by the grant.
new text end

new text begin The unexpended balance of the appropriation
in Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section
5, subdivision 2, as amended by Laws 2006,
chapter 258, section 42, to design, construct,
renovate, furnish, equip, and make health
and safety capital improvements to school
facilities may be added to this appropriation,
and its availability is extended until July 1,
2008.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Independent School District No. 279, Osseo new text end

new text begin 2,000,000 new text end

new text begin For a grant to Independent School District
No. 279, Osseo, to predesign, design,
construct, furnish, and equip the Northwest
Hennepin Family Center in Brooklyn Center.
This appropriation is not available until the
commissioner has determined that at least
an equal amount has been committed from
nonstate sources.
new text end

new text begin No later than five years after the facility
opens, the school district must report to
the commissioner of education on how the
facility has improved student achievement
and reduced educational disparities.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Library Improvement Grants new text end

new text begin 1,000,000 new text end

new text begin For library improvement grants under
Minnesota Statutes, section 134.45,
subdivision 5b.
new text end

Sec. 5. new text beginMINNESOTA STATE ACADEMIES. new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Total Appropriation new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 6,000,000 new text end

new text begin To the commissioner of administration for
the purposes specified in this section.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Asset Preservation new text end

new text begin 2,400000 new text end

new text begin For asset preservation on both campuses of
the academies, to be spent in accordance with
Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Frechette Hall Renovation new text end

new text begin 100,000 new text end

new text begin To predesign a new boys dormitory on the
campus of the Minnesota State Academy for
the Deaf.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Pollard Hall Renovation new text end

new text begin 200,000 new text end

new text begin To construct, furnish, and equip renovation
of Pollard Hall to house the Deaf and Hard
of Hearing Children's Residential Treatment
Center.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Mott Memorial Hall Renovation new text end

new text begin 3,300,000 new text end

new text begin To construct, furnish, and equip renovation
of Mott Memorial Hall.
new text end

Sec. 6. new text beginPERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Total Appropriation new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 999,000 new text end

new text begin To the commissioner of administration for
the purposes specified in this section.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Asset Preservation new text end

new text begin 355,000 new text end

new text begin For campus asset preservation at the Perpich
Center for Arts Education, to be spent in
accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section
16B.307.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Master Plan Update and Predesign new text end

new text begin 206,000 new text end

new text begin To predesign facilities and projects in
conjunction with an update to the campus
master plan for the Perpich Center for Arts
Education. The predesign must address
the possible removal of the existing Alpha
Building.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Delta Dorm Windows Project new text end

new text begin 385,000 new text end

new text begin For a whole-building window replacement
project of the Delta Dormitory Building
on the Perpich Center for Arts Education
campus.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Storage Building new text end

new text begin 53,000 new text end

new text begin To construct a prefabricated storage and
workshop building, and connect utilities to it,
next to the existing maintenance and boiler
room.
new text end

Sec. 7. new text beginNATURAL RESOURCES new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Total Appropriation new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 99,660,000 new text end

new text begin To the commissioner of natural resources for
the purposes specified in this section.
new text end

new text begin The appropriations in this section are
subject to the requirements of the natural
resources capital improvement program
under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.12,
unless this section or the statutes referred
to in this section provide more specific
standards, criteria, or priorities for projects
than Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.12.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Statewide Asset Preservation new text end

new text begin 2,000,000 new text end

new text begin For the renovation of state-owned facilities
operated by the commissioner of natural
resources, to be spent in accordance with
Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307. The
commissioner may use this appropriation
to replace buildings if that is the most
cost-effective method of renovation.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Flood Hazard Mitigation Grants new text end

new text begin 33,900,000 new text end

new text begin For the state share of flood hazard
mitigation grants for publicly owned capital
improvements to prevent or alleviate flood
damage under Minnesota Statutes, section
103F.161.
new text end

new text begin The commissioner shall determine project
priorities as appropriate, based on need.
new text end

new text begin This appropriation includes money for the
following projects:
new text end

new text begin (a) Agassiz Valley
new text end

new text begin (b) Austin
new text end

new text begin (c) Ada
new text end

new text begin (d) Bois de Sioux Watershed District, North
Ottawa project
new text end

new text begin (e) Breckenridge
new text end

new text begin (f) Brandt-Angus
new text end

new text begin (g) Browns Valley
new text end

new text begin $3,900,000 is from the general fund for the
Browns Valley project.
new text end

new text begin (h) Crookston
new text end

new text begin (i) Canisteo Mine
new text end

new text begin For a grant to the Western Mesabi Mine
Planning Board to construct siphons, a
conveyance system, and other improvements
to accommodate water level and outflow
control of the water level in the Canisteo
Mine Pit in Itasca County. This appropriation
does not require a local match. The
commissioner of natural resources is
responsible to maintain the improvements
after completion of the project.
new text end

new text begin (j) Dawson
new text end

new text begin (k) Granite Falls
new text end

new text begin (l) Hay Creek-Norland
new text end

new text begin (m) Malung
new text end

new text begin (n) Montevideo
new text end

new text begin (o) Moorhead
new text end

new text begin (p) Oakport Township
new text end

new text begin (q) Roseau City
new text end

new text begin (r) Southeast Minnesota
new text end

new text begin (s) Stillwater
new text end

new text begin (t) Sweded Grove Lake
new text end

new text begin (u) Wild Rice River Watershed District,
Becker Dam project
new text end

new text begin For any project listed in this subdivision
that the commissioner determines is not
ready to proceed or does not expend all the
money allocated to it, the commissioner may
allocate that project's money to a project on
the commissioner's priority list.
new text end

new text begin To the extent that the cost of a project
in Ada, Breckenridge, Browns Valley,
Crookston, Granite Falls, Montevideo,
Oakport Township, or Roseau exceeds two
percent of the median household income in
the municipality multiplied by the number
of households in the municipality, this
appropriation is also for the local share of the
project.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Red River Digital Elevation Model new text end

new text begin 600,000 new text end

new text begin This appropriation is from the general fund
to develop and implement a high-resolution
digital elevation model for the Red River
basin.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Ground Water Monitoring and Observation Wells new text end

new text begin 1,000,000 new text end

new text begin To install new ground water level observation
wells to monitor and assess ground water for
water supply planning. This appropriation
may also be used to seal existing obsolete
monitoring wells that are no longer
functional.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 6. new text end new text begin Dam Renovation and Removal new text end

new text begin 2,000,000 new text end

new text begin To renovate or remove publicly owned dams.
The commissioner shall determine project
priorities as appropriate under Minnesota
Statutes, sections 103G.511 and 103G.515.
new text end

new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section
16A.69, subdivision 2, upon the award of
final contracts for the completion of a project
listed in this subdivision, the commissioner
may transfer the unencumbered balance
in the project account to any other dam
renovation or removal project on the
commissioner's priority list.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 7. new text end new text begin Water Control Structures new text end

new text begin 500,000 new text end

new text begin To rehabilitate or replace water control
structures used to manage shallow lakes and
wetlands for waterfowl habitat on wildlife
management areas under Minnesota Statutes,
section 86A.05, subdivision 8, or for the
purposes of public water reserves under
Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.101; or
structures on other waters under Minnesota
Statutes, section 103G.505.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 8. new text end new text begin Lake Zumbro Restoration new text end

new text begin 175,000 new text end

new text begin For an agreement with Olmsted and
Wabasha Counties to design and engineer
the restoration of Lake Zumbro. This is a
onetime appropriation and is available until
June 30, 2009.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 9. new text end new text begin Water Access Acquisition, Betterment, and Fishing Piers new text end

new text begin 1,000,000 new text end

new text begin For public water access acquisition,
construction, and renovation projects of a
capital nature on lakes and rivers, including
water access through the provision of fishing
piers and shoreline access under Minnesota
Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 9.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 10. new text end new text begin Fish Hatchery Improvements new text end

new text begin 1,000,000 new text end

new text begin For improvements of a capital nature to
renovate fish culture facilities at hatcheries
owned by the state and operated by the
commissioner of natural resources under
Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.045,
subdivision 1.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 11. new text end new text begin Rim - Wildlife Area Land Acquisition and Improvement new text end

new text begin 6,000,000 new text end

new text begin To acquire land for wildlife management area
purposes and for improvements of a capital
nature to develop, protect, or improve habitat
and facilities on wildlife management areas
under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05,
subdivision 8.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 12. new text end new text begin RIM Critical Habitat Match new text end

new text begin 3,000,000 new text end

new text begin To provide the state match for the critical
habitat private sector matching account under
Minnesota Statutes, section 84.943.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 13. new text end new text begin Native Prairie Conservation and Protection new text end

new text begin 3,000,000 new text end

new text begin To acquire native prairie bank fee titles and
easements under Minnesota Statutes, section
84.96, to develop and restore certain tracts of
prairie bank lands for which the easement is
permanent, and to acquire native prairie for
scientific and natural areas, and for the native
prairie protection and improvements of a
capital nature in scientific and natural areas in
the prairie region under Minnesota Statutes,
sections 84.033 and 86A.05, subdivision 5.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 14. new text end new text begin Scientific and Natural Area Acquisition And Development new text end

new text begin 1,000,000 new text end

new text begin To acquire land for scientific and natural
areas and for protection and improvements of
a capital nature to scientific and natural areas
under Minnesota Statutes, sections 84.033
and 86A.05, subdivision 5.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 15. new text end new text begin Forest Land and Forest Legacy Conservation Easements new text end

new text begin 9,000,000 new text end

new text begin To acquire conservation easements as
described under Minnesota Statutes, chapter
84C, on private forest lands and within
Forest Legacy Areas established under
United States Code, title 16, section 2103c.
The conservation easements must guarantee
public access, including hunting and
fishing. Expenditure of money from this
appropriation within a Forest Legacy Area
must be matched by $2 of nonstate money
for each $1 of state money.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 16. new text end new text begin State Forest Land Reforestation new text end

new text begin 3,000,000 new text end

new text begin To increase reforestation activities to meet
the reforestation requirements of Minnesota
Statutes, section 89.002, subdivision 2,
including planting, seeding, site preparation,
and purchasing tree seeds and seedlings.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 17. new text end new text begin Forest Roads and Bridges new text end

new text begin 1,000,000 new text end

new text begin For reconstruction, resurfacing, replacement,
and construction of state forest roads and
bridges under Minnesota Statutes, section
89.002.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 18. new text end new text begin State Park and Recreation Area Acquisition and Development new text end

new text begin 16,100,000 new text end

new text begin To acquire from willing sellers private
lands within state parks established under
Minnesota Statutes, section 85.012, and state
recreation areas established under Minnesota
Statutes, section 85.013, and to rehabilitate
and develop facilities in state parks and state
recreation areas in accordance with a master
plan required under Minnesota Statutes,
section 86A.09.
new text end

new text begin $1,600,000 is to upgrade the contact station,
make other capital improvements, and restore
and interpret the forest at the Big Bog State
Recreation Area.
new text end

new text begin $1,000,000 is to construct a new access
road, rustic campground, support facilities
for biking and scuba activities, and for other
improvements of a capital nature at the
Cuyuna State Recreation Area, including
$150,000 to match federal money to develop
a natural surface, minimal impact trail to
be used for mountain biking and other
compatible uses.
new text end

new text begin $500,000 is for a grant to Hennepin County
to conduct emergency building stabilization
at Fort Snelling Upper Bluff in Fort Snelling
State Park. This appropriation is not
available until the commissioner of finance
has determined that Hennepin County has
entered into appropriate agreements to use
sentence-to-serve labor for the project that
will train sentence-to-serve laborers in the
skills needed for the work.
new text end

new text begin $2,400,000 to acquire from willing sellers
land within the boundaries of Greenleaf
Lake State Recreation Area, established
under Minnesota Statutes, section 85.013,
subdivision 11b.
new text end

new text begin $1,650,000 is to rehabilitate infrastructure
and renovate and develop facilities within
state parks located along the North Shore of
Lake Superior, including Gooseberry Falls,
Tettegouche, and Split Rock Lighthouse
State Parks. Projects leveraging other
private, state, or federal funding must receive
priority.
new text end

new text begin $200,000 is to develop campgrounds at Red
River State Recreation Area.
new text end

new text begin $100,000 is to acquire land for Lake
Vermilion State Park, and to predesign,
design, construct, furnish, and equip park
facilities for the development of the park.
Debt service on the bonds sold to acquire and
develop the park is annually appropriated
and must be paid from the environment
and natural resources trust fund to the
commissioner of finance as required by
Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.643.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 19. new text end new text begin State Trail Acquisition and Development new text end

new text begin 14,600,000 new text end

new text begin To acquire land for and to construct and
renovate state trails under Minnesota
Statutes, section 85.015.
new text end

new text begin $970,000 is for the Blufflands Trail from
Rochester to Chester Woods Park and must
be used for a bicycle and pedestrian trail
from which horses are prohibited.
new text end

new text begin $700,000 is for the Casey Jones Trail.
new text end

new text begin $750,000 is for the Gateway Trail, to replace
an at-grade crossing of the Gateway Trail at
Highway 120 with a grade-separated crossing
new text end

new text begin $1,600,000 is for the Gitchi-Gami Trail
between Silver Bay and Tettegouche State
Park.
new text end

new text begin $1,500,000 is for the Great River Ridge Trail
from Plainview to Elgin to Eyota.
new text end

new text begin $1,500,000 is for the Heartland Trail
for predesign, design, and preliminary
acquisition of an extension of the Heartland
Trail from Park Rapids, Detroit Lakes, and
Moorhead.
new text end

new text begin $500,000 is for the Mill Towns Trail from
Lake Byllesby Park to Cannon Falls.
new text end

new text begin $150,000 is for the Mill Towns Trail within
the city of Faribault.
new text end

new text begin $680,000 is for the Minnesota River Trail
from Appleton to Milan.
new text end

new text begin $2,000,000 is for the Paul Bunyan Trail from
Walker to Guthrie.
new text end

new text begin $500,000 is for the Root River Trail from
Preston to Forestville State Park.
new text end

new text begin $200,000 is to extend the Root River Trail to
the city of Mounds Prairie.
new text end

new text begin $550,000 is to connect the Stagecoach Trail
with the Douglas Trail in Olmsted County.
new text end

new text begin $3,000,000 is to rehabilitate state trails.
new text end

new text begin For any project listed in this subdivision that
the commissioner determines is not ready to
proceed, the commissioner may allocate that
project's money to another state trail project
identified in this subdivision. The chairs
of the house and senate committees with
jurisdiction over environment and natural
resources and legislators from the affected
legislative districts must be notified of any
changes.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 20. new text end new text begin Regional Trails new text end

new text begin 156,000 new text end

new text begin For matching grants under Minnesota
Statutes, section 85.019, subdivision 4b.
new text end

new text begin For a grant to the city of Cambridge to
design and construct the Cambridge-Isanti
Bike/Walk Trail connecting the city of
Cambridge, the city of Isanti, and Isanti
Township in Isanti County. The trail will
be designed to provide safe biking and
walking connections between the cities and
township, and is envisioned to become part
of the state's larger trail systems. Along with
health and recreational benefits, the trail will
help protect and provide an opportunity for
environmental education and enjoyment of
the wetlands in the area.
new text end

new text begin It is anticipated that the total capital cost
of the project will be $1,080,000, with the
federal and local governments contributing
$924,000. Through a joint powers agreement,
Cambridge, Isanti, and Isanti Township will
share in the maintenance and upkeep of the
Cambridge-Isanti Bike/Walk Trail.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 21. new text end new text begin Minnesota River Regional Park - Ortonville new text end

new text begin 129,000 new text end

new text begin For a grant to the city of Ortonville to
construct improvements of a capital nature
at the Minnesota River Regional Park in the
city of Ortonville.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 22. new text end new text begin Wildlife Rehabilitation Center new text end

new text begin 500,000 new text end

new text begin This appropriation is from the general fund
for a grant to the Wildlife Rehabilitation
Center of Minnesota to retire loans incurred
by the center for construction of its facility
in the city of Roseville, and to complete
educational technology infrastructure at the
center.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 23. new text end new text begin Unspent Appropriations. new text end

new text begin The unspent portion of an appropriation, but
not to exceed ten percent of the appropriation,
for a project in this section that is complete,
other than an appropriation for flood hazard
mitigation, is available for asset preservation.
Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, applies
from the date of the original appropriation
to the unspent amount transferred for asset
preservation.
new text end

Sec. 8. new text beginPOLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin To the Pollution Control Agency for the purposes specified in this section new text end

new text begin 27,500,000 new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Albert Lea Landfill new text end

new text begin 2,500,000 new text end

new text begin For a grant to the city of Albert Lea to
construct remedial systems at the Albert
Lea landfill. This includes relocating and
incorporating waste from the former Albert
Lea dump owned by the city of Albert
Lea under Minnesota Statutes, section
115B.403, which action may be taken by the
Pollution Control Agency notwithstanding
the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section
115B.403, paragraphs (a) and (b).
new text end

new text begin The appropriation in this subdivision is
added to the amounts for the city of Albert
Lea landfill funding in Laws 2006, chapter
258, section 8, subdivision 2.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Closed Landfill Cleanup Revenue Bonds new text end

new text begin 25,000,000 new text end

new text begin From the bond proceeds account in the
remediation fund under new Minnesota
Statutes, section 116.156.
new text end

new text begin This appropriation is for action at qualified
closed landfill facilities in Albert Lea, the
Garrison Kathio West Mille Lacs Sanitary
Sewer District, Washington County, the
Western Lake Superior Sanitary District,
and other locations as determined by the
commissioner of the Pollution Control
Agency.
new text end

new text begin By January 15, 2009, the commissioner of
the Pollution Control Agency shall report to
the house and senate Finance Committees
and divisions with jurisdiction over the
environment on whether the remediation
fund needs additional revenue in order to
provide timely cleanup of closed landfills
in the state. If the fund needs additional
revenue, the commissioner shall include in
the report recommendations for revenue
sources and amounts that will meet that need.
new text end

Sec. 9. new text beginBOARD OF WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Total Appropriation new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 23,870,000 new text end

new text begin To the Board of Water and Soil Resources
for the purposes specified in this section.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin RIM Conservation Reserve new text end

new text begin 15,000,000 new text end

new text begin $1,200,000 is to implement the program.
new text end

new text begin To acquire conservation easements from
landowners on marginal lands and to
construct conservation measures on acquired
land in order to protect soil and water
quality and to support fish and wildlife
habitat as provided in Minnesota Statutes,
sections 103F.501 to 103F.535. The board
may establish alternative payment rates for
easements and practices to establish native
vegetation.
new text end

new text begin The board must submit to the legislative
committees with jurisdiction over
environment finance and capital investment
an interim report on this program by October
1, 2008, and a final report by February 1,
2009.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Wetland Replacement Due to Public Road Projects new text end

new text begin 4,920,000 new text end

new text begin $720,000 is from the general fund to
implement the program.
new text end

new text begin To acquire land for wetland restoration or
preservation to replace wetlands drained or
filled as a result of the repair, maintenance,
or rehabilitation of existing public roads
as required by Minnesota Statutes, section
103G.222, subdivision 1, paragraphs (k) and
(l).
new text end

new text begin The purchase price paid for acquisition
of land, fee, or perpetual easement must
be the fair market value as determined
by the board. The board may enter into
agreements with the federal government,
other state agencies, political subdivisions,
and nonprofit organizations or fee owners to
acquire land and restore and create wetlands
and to acquire existing wetland banking
credits. Acquisition of or the conveyance
of land may be in the name of the political
subdivision.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin RIM Clean Energy Conservation Easements new text end

new text begin 3,300,000 new text end

new text begin $300,000 is from the general fund to
administer the program.
new text end

new text begin For a pilot project of a capital nature under
Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.518,
to acquire land in fee title or through
easement and to improve the land in order
to demonstrate the technical and economic
feasibility of developing biofuels using
native plant species. The provisions of
Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.515, apply
to this appropriation, except that the board
may establish alternative payment rates for
easements and practices to establish native
vegetation.
new text end

new text begin The board shall annually report project
progress and results to the house and senate
committees and divisions with jurisdiction
over environment and natural resources
policy and budget.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Lake Titlow Watershed Improvements new text end

new text begin 650,000 new text end

new text begin $175,000 is for a grant to the city of Gaylord
to predesign and design holding ponds
upstream from Lake Titlow. The design
must include the best location for the ponds,
an estimate of the cost of land acquisition
or easements, construction costs of the
holding ponds, and the estimated expense
of maintaining the structures and who will
be responsible for the expense. The city
must also coordinate with state and county
conservation officials to ensure correct
conservation practices and improvements in
the watershed district.
new text end

new text begin $475,000 is for a grant to the city of Gaylord
to construct and reconstruct storm water
sewer drains and related facilities to divert
water that currently drains into Lake Titlow
into holding ponds south of the city. The
cost of reconstructing city streets as part of
this diversion, and as outlined in the city of
Gaylord's street improvement plan, is the
responsibility of the city. This diversion will
keep phosphorus and other chemicals from
entering the lake, and will improve the water
quality of Lake Titlow.
new text end

new text begin The criteria, limitations, and assessment
requirements in Minnesota Statutes, sections
103D.701, 103D.705, and 103D.901, do not
apply to this subdivision.
new text end

Sec. 10. new text beginMINNESOTA ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN new text end

new text begin 7,500,000 new text end

new text begin To the Minnesota Zoological Garden for
capital asset preservation improvements and
betterments, to be spent in accordance with
Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307.
new text end

Sec. 11. new text beginADMINISTRATION new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Total Appropriation new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 21,225,000 new text end

new text begin To the commissioner of administration for
the purposes specified in this section.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Capital Asset Preservation and Replacement Account (CAPRA) new text end

new text begin 3,000,000 new text end

new text begin To be spent in accordance with Minnesota
Statutes, section 16A.632.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Property Acquisition new text end

new text begin 2,325,000 new text end

new text begin To acquire property at 639 Jackson Street in
St. Paul adjacent to the Harold E. Stassen
Building, to demolish existing structures
on the property, and to develop temporary
parking on the site and adjacent areas.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin State Capitol Building Restoration new text end

new text begin 15,400,000 new text end

new text begin (a) For asset preservation of the State
Capitol Building including, but not limited
to: site work to stabilize the plaza; repair,
replacement, and stabilization of the
building's exterior envelope; replacement
of air handling units at risk of failure; and
projects to improve interior emergency
lighting, dome lighting, and catwalks.
new text end

new text begin (b) Of this appropriation, $2,000,000 is for
predesign and to continue design of a phased
full restoration of the Capitol Building. The
predesign work must also include analysis of
options for moving some functions currently
located in the building to alternate locations.
new text end

new text begin (c) The appropriation in paragraph (b)
is added to the funding provided to the
commissioner by Laws 2006, chapter 258,
section 13, to continue design work to restore
the Capitol Building.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Predesign State Emergency Operations Center and Department of Public Safety/Department of Corrections Building new text end

new text begin 500,000 new text end

new text begin (a) To predesign a new state emergency
operations center. The predesign must
consider the potential benefits of colocating
this center with a new National Guard joint
force headquarters and emergency operations
center.
new text end

new text begin (b) If other funding is available or if this
appropriation is not fully spent to complete
the predesign under paragraph (a), the
unspent portion of this appropriation may be
used to predesign a colocated headquarters
for the Departments of Public Safety and
Corrections.
new text end

Sec. 12. new text beginMINNESOTA AMATEUR SPORTS COMMISSION new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Total Appropriation new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 9,725,000 new text end

new text begin To the Minnesota Amateur Sports
Commission for the purposes specified in
this section.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin National Sports Center - Blaine new text end

new text begin 1,400,000 new text end

new text begin For asset preservation, to be spent in
accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section
16B.307.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin National Volleyball Center - Rochester new text end

new text begin 4,000,000 new text end

new text begin For a grant to the city of Rochester to design,
construct, furnish, and equip the Phase 2
expansion of the National Volleyball Center
in Rochester, designated by the Minnesota
Amateur Sports Commission as a regional
amateur sports center, subject to Minnesota
Statutes, section 16A.695.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Metro North Regional Sports Center - Arden Hills new text end

new text begin 125,000 new text end

new text begin To predesign the renovation of Building 189
located within the Rice Creek Corridor in
Ramsey County, formerly the Twin Cities
Army Ammunition Plant, to serve as a
regional, multiuse recreational amateur
sports facility, to be known as the Metro
North Regional Sports Facility.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Northwestern Minnesota Regional Sports Center - Moorhead new text end

new text begin 4,000,000 new text end

new text begin For a grant to the city of Moorhead to
design, construct, furnish, and equip the
Northwestern Minnesota Regional Sports
Center.
new text end

new text begin This appropriation is not available until the
commissioner has determined that at least
an equal amount has been committed to the
project from nonstate sources. The match
may include in-kind contributions, and may
include contributions made since January 1,
2007.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 6. new text end new text begin St. Paul Regional Amateur Sports Facility new text end

new text begin 100,000 new text end

new text begin To predesign the St. Paul Regional Amateur
Sports Facility. The St. Paul facility may
include, but is not limited to, facilities for
the sports of soccer, lacrosse, football, and
baseball.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 7. new text end new text begin Southwest Regional Amateur Sports Center - Marshall new text end

new text begin 100,000 new text end

new text begin For a grant to the city of Marshall to
predesign the Southwest Regional Amateur
Sports Center at Marshall.
new text end

Sec. 13. new text beginMILITARY AFFAIRS new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Total Appropriation new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 8,000,000 new text end

new text begin To the adjutant general for the purposes
specified in this section.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Asset Preservation new text end

new text begin 5,500,000 new text end

new text begin For asset preservation improvements and
betterments of a capital nature at military
affairs facilities statewide, to be spent in
accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section
16B.307.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Facility Life Safety Improvements new text end

new text begin 1,000,000 new text end

new text begin For life safety improvements and to correct
code deficiencies at military affairs facilities
statewide, to be spent in accordance with
Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Facility ADA Compliance new text end

new text begin 1,500,000 new text end

new text begin For Americans with Disabilities Act
(ADA) alterations to existing National
Guard Training and Community Centers in
locations throughout the state, to be spent in
accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section
16B.307.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Unspent Appropriations. new text end

new text begin The unspent portion of an appropriation for
a project under this section that has been
completed may be used for any other purpose
permitted under Minnesota Statutes, section
16B.307.
new text end

Sec. 14. new text beginPUBLIC SAFETY new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Total Appropriation new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 16,010,000 new text end

new text begin To the commissioner of public safety for the
purposes specified in this section.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Anoka County Forensic Crime Laboratory new text end

new text begin 4,000,000 new text end

new text begin Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, this
appropriation is for a grant to Anoka County
to design, construct, furnish, and equip a
regional forensic crime laboratory for the use
of Anoka, Sherburne, and Wright Counties,
to be located in Anoka County.
new text end

new text begin This appropriation is not available until the
commissioner has determined that at least
$7,500,000 has been committed or will be
committed from nonstate sources to the
forensic crime laboratory or a public safety
facility that will contain the forensic crime
laboratory, or both.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Camp Ripley Training and Exercising Center new text end

new text begin 5,000,000 new text end

new text begin To predesign, design, construct, furnish, and
equip Phase 1 of a tier-3 homeland security
and emergency management training and
exercise center at Camp Ripley, which
includes a classroom facility and several
facilities for field response training. Any
unspent portion of this appropriation may be
used to begin predesign for Phase 2 of this
project.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Gonvick Public Safety Training Center new text end

new text begin 55,000 new text end

new text begin Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, for
a grant to the city of Gonvick to predesign a
regional emergency training administration
center in Gonvick.
new text end

new text begin This appropriation is not available until the
commissioner has determined that at least
an equal amount has been committed from
nonstate sources.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Marshall - Minnesota Emergency Response and Industry Training Center new text end

new text begin 300,000 new text end

new text begin For a grant to the city of Marshall to
predesign Phase 2 of the Minnesota
Emergency Response and Industry Training
(MERIT) Center, including a wind energy
training area, an ethanol fuels training area,
and other training facilities.
new text end

new text begin This appropriation is not available until the
commissioner has determined that at least
an equal amount has been committed from
nonstate sources. The match may include
in-kind contributions.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 6. new text end new text begin Minneapolis Emergency Operations Center new text end

new text begin 2,000,000 new text end

new text begin For a grant to the city of Minneapolis to
design improvements to the city's existing
fire training center, including an emergency
operations center.
new text end

new text begin This appropriation is not available until the
commissioner has determined that at least
an equal amount has been committed from
nonstate sources.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 7. new text end new text begin Scott County Public Safety Training Center new text end

new text begin 1,000,000 new text end

new text begin Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, for
a grant to Scott County to design, construct,
furnish, and equip a regional public safety
training center in Scott County.
new text end

new text begin This appropriation is not available until the
commissioner has determined that at least
an equal amount has been committed from
nonstate sources.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 8. new text end new text begin Southeastern Minnesota Regional Public Safety Training Center new text end

new text begin 3,655,000 new text end

new text begin Notwithstanding any law to the contrary,
for a grant to Olmsted County to design,
construct, furnish, and equip the Southeastern
Minnesota Regional Public Safety Training
Center in Rochester. The facility must
include, but is not limited to, a live burn
training simulator, a driving range, and a
weapons training facility.
new text end

new text begin This appropriation is not available until the
commissioner has determined that at least
an equal amount has been committed from
nonstate sources.
new text end

Sec. 15. new text beginTRANSPORTATION new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Total Appropriation new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 21,500,000 new text end

new text begin To the commissioner of transportation for the
purposes specified in this section.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Local Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation new text end

new text begin 1,000,000 new text end

new text begin This appropriation is from the bond proceeds
account in the state transportation fund as
provided in Minnesota Statutes, section
174.50, to match federal money and to
replace or rehabilitate local deficient bridges.
new text end

new text begin $1,000,000 is for the preliminary planning,
design, and engineering of the Rice Street
bridge where it crosses marked Trunk
Highway 36 in Ramsey County.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Urban Partnership Agreement new text end

new text begin 9,000,000 new text end

new text begin From the general fund for expenses related to
technology improvements, telecommuting,
and outreach efforts for the Urban Partnership
Agreement.
new text end

new text begin This appropriation is not available until the
United States Department of Transportation
authorizes funding under the Urban
Partnership Agreement.
new text end

new text begin This appropriation is onetime and is available
until June 30, 2011.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Greater Minnesota Transit new text end

new text begin 2,000,000 new text end

new text begin For capital assistance for greater Minnesota
transit systems to be used for transit capital
facilities under Minnesota Statutes, section
174.24, subdivision 3c. Money from this
appropriation may be used to pay up to 80
percent of the nonfederal share of these
facilities.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Rail Service Improvement new text end

new text begin 5,500,000 new text end

new text begin For the rail service improvement program,
to be spent for the purposes set forth
in Minnesota Statutes, section 222.50,
subdivision 7.
new text end

new text begin $2,000,000 is for the state's share of a
high-speed rail line connecting Chicago,
LaCrescent, Winona, Red Wing, and the
Union Depot Concourse Multimodal Transit
Hub, located in downtown St. Paul in the
area south of Kellogg Boulevard and east of
Jackson Street. No part of this appropriation
may be spent to acquire or better capital
improvements that are located outside the
state of Minnesota, that may be used from
time to time outside the state of Minnesota,
or that are part of a rail corridor that is
not designated by the Midwest Interstate
Passenger Rail Compact.
new text end

new text begin $1,500,000 is for a grant to the St. Louis
and Lake County Regional Rail Authority
for railroad acquisition and track restoration,
environmental impact studies, advanced
corridor planning, preliminary design and
preliminary engineering, station design,
analysis of railroad capacity, and easement
costs for intercity and passenger rail service
between the city of Duluth and the cities of
Minneapolis and St. Paul. This appropriation
is added to the appropriation in Laws 2006,
chapter 258, section 16, subdivision 5,
paragraph (b), as added by this act.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 6. new text end new text begin Port Development Assistance new text end

new text begin 2,000,000 new text end

new text begin For grants under Minnesota Statutes, chapter
457A. Any improvements made with the
proceeds of these grants must be publicly
owned.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 7. new text end new text begin St. Cloud Regional Airport new text end

new text begin 2,000,000 new text end

new text begin For a grant to the city of St. Cloud to acquire
land adjacent to the St. Cloud Regional
Airport.
new text end

Sec. 16. new text beginMETROPOLITAN COUNCIL new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Total Appropriation new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 136,620,000 new text end

new text begin To the Metropolitan Council for the purposes
specified in this section.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Urban Partnership Agreement new text end

new text begin 20,675,000 new text end

new text begin (a) $4,003,000 is from the general fund
for the purchase of buses and technology
improvements for the Urban Partnership
Agreement. The appropriation under this
paragraph is onetime and is available until
June 30, 2011.
new text end

new text begin (b) $8,360,000 is to acquire land, design, and
construct new or expanded park-and-rides
or transit stations in the Interstate 35W and
Trunk Highway 77/Cedar Avenue corridors.
new text end

new text begin (c) $8,312,000 is for bus lane construction
and related street and sidewalk improvements
and bus shelters in downtown Minneapolis.
Up to $6,433,000 of this appropriation is for
a grant to the city of Minneapolis for bus lane
construction and related street and sidewalk
improvements in downtown Minneapolis.
new text end

new text begin (e) The appropriations in this subdivision
are not available until the United States
Department of Transportation authorizes
funding under the Urban Partnership
Agreement.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Bottineau Boulevard Transit Way new text end

new text begin 500,000 new text end

new text begin For a grant to the Hennepin County Regional
Rail Authority for preliminary engineering
for the Bottineau Transit Way corridor from
the Hiawatha light rail and Northstar transit
hub in downtown Minneapolis to the vicinity
of the Target development in northern
Brooklyn Park.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Cedar Avenue Bus Rapid Transit new text end

new text begin 6,000,000 new text end

new text begin To acquire land, or an interest in land, and
to design the Cedar Avenue Bus Rapid
Transit in Dakota County. This appropriation
may not be spent for capital improvements
within a trunk highway right-of-way. This
appropriation is added to the appropriation
in Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 17,
subdivision 3.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Central Corridor Transit Way new text end

new text begin 70,000,000 new text end

new text begin (a) For one or more of the following activities
for the Central Corridor light rail transit line
that will connect downtown Minneapolis with
downtown St. Paul: preliminary engineering,
final design, property acquisition, including
improvements and betterments of a capital
nature, relocation of utilities owned by public
entities, and construction. No more than
$20,000,000 of the appropriation may be
used for preliminary engineering.
new text end

new text begin (b) Hennepin and Ramsey Counties need not
commit their matching money to this project
at a rate faster than dollar for dollar with the
money from this appropriation.
new text end

new text begin (c) District heating and district cooling
nonprofit corporations organized under
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 317A, that are
exempt organizations under section 501(c)(3)
of the United States Internal Revenue Code
that are public right-of-way users under
Minnesota Rules, chapter 7819, are eligible
to receive grants and federal money for
costs of relocating facilities from public
rights-of-way to prevent interference with
public light rail projects, unless eligibility
would impact the project's Federal Transit
Authority required cost effectiveness index.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 6. new text end new text begin I-94 Corridor Transit Way new text end

new text begin 750,000 new text end

new text begin For a grant to Washington County for
predesign and preliminary engineering of
transportation and transit improvements,
including busways or rail transit, in the
marked Interstate Highway 94 Corridor,
beginning at the Union Depot Concourse
Multimodal Transit Hub located in
downtown St. Paul in the area south of
Kellogg Boulevard and east of Jackson Street,
extending eastward through Washington
County to the Minnesota-Wisconsin border,
and terminating in St. Croix County,
Wisconsin.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 7. new text end new text begin I-494 Corridor Transit Way new text end

new text begin 500,000 new text end

new text begin For predesign and preliminary engineering
in the I-494 corridor, on or near
marked Interstate Highway 494, from
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport to
a transit station on the proposed Southwest
Corridor transit way.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 8. new text end new text begin Red Rock Corridor Transit Way new text end

new text begin 500,000 new text end

new text begin To design, construct, and furnish
park-and-ride lots for the Red Rock
Corridor transit way between Hastings and
Minneapolis via St. Paul, and any extension
between Hastings and Red Wing.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 9. new text end new text begin Robert Street Corridor Transit Way new text end

new text begin 500,000 new text end

new text begin For environmental studies and engineering
of bus rapid transit or light rail transit for
the Robert Street corridor transit way along
a corridor on or parallel to U.S. Highway
52 and Robert Street from within the city
of St. Paul to Dakota County Road 42 in
Rosemount. This appropriation is added to
the appropriation in Laws 2006, chapter 258,
section 17, subdivision 6.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 10. new text end new text begin Rush Line Corridor Transit Way new text end

new text begin 500,000 new text end

new text begin For a grant to the Ramsey County Regional
Railroad Authority to acquire land for,
design, and construct park-and-ride or
park-and-pool lots located along the Rush
Line Corridor along I-35E/I-35W and
Highway 61 from the Union Depot in
downtown St. Paul to Hinckley.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 11. new text end new text begin Southwest Corridor Transit Way new text end

new text begin 500,000 new text end

new text begin For a grant to the Hennepin County
Regional Rail Authority to prepare a draft
environmental impact statement (DEIS)
and for preliminary engineering for the
Southwest Corridor Transit Way, from the
Hiawatha light rail in downtown Minneapolis
to the vicinity of the Southwest Station
transit hub in Eden Prairie.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 12. new text end new text begin Union Depot new text end

new text begin 1,000,000 new text end

new text begin For a grant to the Ramsey County Regional
Railroad Authority to acquire land and
structures, to renovate structures, and for
design, engineering, and environmental
work to revitalize Union Depot for use as a
multimodal transit center in St. Paul. This
appropriation is added to the appropriation
in Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 17,
subdivision 7.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 13. new text end new text begin Metropolitan Regional Parks Capital Improvements new text end

new text begin For the cost of improvements and betterments
of a capital nature and acquisition by the
council and local government units of
regional recreational open-space lands in
accordance with the council's policy plan
as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section
473.147. Priority must be given to park
rehabilitation and land acquisition projects.
new text end

new text begin The amounts that may be spent for each
purpose are as follows:
new text end

new text begin (a) Metropolitan Council Priorities new text end

new text begin 6,000,000 new text end

new text begin (b) Cedar Avenue Bridge new text end

new text begin 1,500,000 new text end

new text begin For a grant to the city of Bloomington
to remove and replace the old Cedar
Avenue bridge for bicycle commuters and
recreational users. This appropriation is
added to the appropriation in Laws 2006,
chapter 258, section 17, subdivision 8.
new text end

new text begin (c) Dakota County North Urban Regional Trail new text end

new text begin 1,400,000 new text end

new text begin For a grant to the city of South St. Paul
to design and construct a span arch bridge
under 19th Avenue in South St. Paul for
connection with the Dakota County North
Urban Regional Trail.
new text end

new text begin (d) Como Zoo Gorilla Exhibits new text end

new text begin 11,000,000 new text end

new text begin For grant to the city of St. Paul to construct,
furnish, and equip Phase 2 renovation of the
polar bear and gorilla exhibits at the Como
Zoo.
new text end

new text begin (e) Heritage Village Park new text end

new text begin 100,000 new text end

new text begin For grant to the city of Inver Grove Heights
to predesign the Heritage Village Park along
the Mississippi River in the city.
new text end

new text begin This appropriation is not available until the
commissioner has determined that at least
an equal amount has been committed from
nonstate sources.
new text end

new text begin (f) Grand Rounds Bridge new text end

new text begin 600,000 new text end

new text begin For a grant to the city of Minneapolis to
acquire land for and to predesign, design,
and construct a bridge for the Grand Rounds
Scenic Byway on St. Anthony Parkway over
the Northtown Rail Yard.
new text end

new text begin (g) Grand Rounds Roadways new text end

new text begin 2,000,000 new text end

new text begin For a grant to the Minneapolis Park and
Recreation Board to design a roadway to
complete the Grand Rounds National Scenic
Byway in the city of Minneapolis between
Stinson Boulevard in northeast Minneapolis
and southeast Minneapolis at East River
Road, and to repair and reconstruct portions
of the existing 55-mile Grand Rounds
National Scenic Byway.
new text end

new text begin (h) Lower Afton Road Trail new text end

new text begin 450,000 new text end

new text begin For a grant to Ramsey County to design and
construct a paved bicycle and pedestrian
trail on the north side of Lower Afton Road
between McKnight Road and Point Douglas
Road.
new text end

new text begin (i) Minnehaha Creek new text end

new text begin 2,500,000 new text end

new text begin For a grant to the Minneapolis Park and
Recreation Board to be used in conjunction
with the Minnehaha Creek Watershed
District's plan to repair and renovate Works
Projects Administration projects in the glen
area of Minnehaha Creek, to repair, restore,
and stabilize the shoreline and cavernous
banks of Minnehaha Creek as it flows past
Minnehaha Falls, to restore fish and other
natural habitat, and to provide storm water
retention and creek bank management at or
below the Minnesota Veterans Home.
new text end

new text begin This appropriation is not available until the
commissioner of finance determines that at
least $1,600,000 has been committed to the
project from nonstate sources.
new text end

new text begin (j) National Great River Park new text end

new text begin 3,800,000 new text end

new text begin For a grant to the city of St. Paul to
design, construct, furnish, and equip river
park development and redevelopment
infrastructure in National Great River Park
along the Mississippi River in St. Paul.
new text end

new text begin (k) Rice Creek North Regional Trail new text end

new text begin 2,300,000 new text end

new text begin For a grant to Anoka County as the local
share to match federal money, to design and
develop the Rice Creek North Regional Trail,
extending from Rice Creek Chain of Lakes
Park Reserve in Lino Lakes to the Ramsey
County trail system in Shoreview.
new text end

new text begin (l) Springbrook Nature Center new text end

new text begin 2,800,000 new text end

new text begin For a grant to the city of Fridley to
predesign, design, construct, and equip
the redevelopment and expansion of the
Springbrook Nature Center.
new text end

new text begin This appropriation is not available until the
commissioner has determined that at least
an equal amount has been committed from
nonstate sources.
new text end

new text begin (m) Tamarack Nature Center new text end

new text begin 745,000 new text end

new text begin For a grant to Ramsey County to design
and construct a nature play area, woodland
play stream, children's garden, and outdoor
multiuse pavilion with restrooms, as well as
associated parking lot expansion and access
improvements for the Tamarack Nature
Center located within the Bald Eagle-Otter
Lakes Regional Park.
new text end

Sec. 17. new text beginHUMAN SERVICES new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Total Appropriation new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 12,650,000 new text end

new text begin To the commissioner of administration for
the purposes specified in this section.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Asset Preservation and Safety Security new text end

new text begin 5,000,000 new text end

new text begin For asset preservation improvements and
betterments of a capital nature at Department
of Human Services facilities statewide, to be
spent in accordance with Minnesota Statutes,
section 16B.307.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Systemwide Campus Redevelopment, Reuse, or Demolition new text end

new text begin 4,500,000 new text end

new text begin To demolish surplus, nonfunctional, or
deteriorated facilities and infrastructure
or to renovate surplus, nonfunctional, or
deteriorated facilities and infrastructure
at Department of Human Services
campuses. These projects must facilitate the
redevelopment or reuse of these campuses
consistent with redevelopment plan concepts
developed and approved under Laws 2003,
First Special Session chapter 14, article
6, section 64, subdivision 2. If a surplus
campus is sold or transferred to a local unit
of government, unspent portions of this
appropriation may be granted to that local
unit of government for the purposes stated in
this subdivision.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Early Childhood Learning and Child Protection Facilities new text end

new text begin 3,000,000 new text end

new text begin To the commissioner of human services for
grants to rehabilitate facilities for programs
under Minnesota Statutes, section 119A.45.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin West Central Multicounty Secured Treatment Facility new text end

new text begin 150,000 new text end

new text begin For a grant to Pope County to predesign
a multicounty regional secured treatment
facility in west central Minnesota. The
commissioner shall prepare a report to the
legislature assessing the need for and the
viability of the facility and the benefits
derived from a coordinated multicounty,
regional approach to local chemical
dependency needs in west central Minnesota.
The report is due to the legislature by
February 1, 2009.
new text end

Sec. 18. new text beginVETERANS AFFAIRS new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Total Appropriation new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 23,532,000 new text end

new text begin To the commissioner of administration for
the purposes specified in this section.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Asset Preservation new text end

new text begin 7,000,000 new text end

new text begin For asset preservation improvements and
betterments of a capital nature at veterans
homes statewide, to be spent in accordance
with Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Fergus Falls Veterans Home new text end

new text begin 2,700,000 new text end

new text begin To construct, furnish, and equip a 21-bed
special care unit to treat individuals with
Alzheimer's disease or dementia.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Minneapolis Veterans Home Campus new text end

new text begin (a) Building 9 Demolition new text end

new text begin 350,000 new text end

new text begin To demolish Building 9 and relocate a water
main serving the campus.
new text end

new text begin (b) Building 17 HVAC Replacement new text end

new text begin 3,955,000 new text end

new text begin To replace the sections of the campus-wide
heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
system that serve Building 17.
new text end

new text begin Federal money received by the Minnesota
Department of Veterans Affairs as
reimbursement for 65 percent of this state
capital expenditure must be credited to the
debt service account in the state bond fund.
new text end

new text begin (c) New Nursing Facility new text end

new text begin 9,100,000 new text end

new text begin To design, construct, furnish, and equip a
100-bed nursing facility on the Minneapolis
campus.
new text end

new text begin Federal money received by the Minnesota
Department of Veterans Affairs as
reimbursement for 65 percent of this state
capital expenditure must be credited to the
debt service account in the state bond fund.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Silver Bay Campus Master Plan Renovation new text end

new text begin 227,000 new text end

new text begin For the state share of the cost to design,
construct, furnish, and equip an addition
to and renovation of the nursing care
facility. This appropriation is added to the
appropriation to the Veterans Homes Board
in Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 19,
subdivision 7, for this project.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 6. new text end new text begin All Veterans Memorial new text end

new text begin 200,000 new text end

new text begin For a grant to the city of Richfield to design
and construct the All Veterans Memorial, to
be built in the city-owned Veterans Memorial
Park. The All Veterans Memorial will
acknowledge the six branches of military
service at the first American flag raising of
the battle of Iwo Jima, and will feature a
bronze bust of Charles "Chuck" W. Lindberg,
who helped raise the first flag on February
23, 1945, and was the last flag raiser of both
Iwo Jima flag raisings to pass away. It is
anticipated that the total cost of the project
is $711,500, with the city and nonprofit
organizations contributing $511,500.
new text end

new text begin This appropriation is not available until the
commissioner of finance has determined that
at least an equal amount has been committed
from nonstate sources.
new text end

Sec. 19. new text beginCORRECTIONS new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Total Appropriation new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 32,341,000 new text end

new text begin To the commissioner of administration for
the purposes specified in this section.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Asset Preservation new text end

new text begin 10,000,000 new text end

new text begin For improvements and betterments of a
capital nature at Minnesota correctional
facilities statewide, in accordance with
Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Minnesota Correctional Facility - Faribault new text end

new text begin Expansion Phase 3 new text end

new text begin 16,341,000 new text end

new text begin To design, construct, furnish, and equip a
building to serve as a secure intake, receiving,
warehouse, and security watch center at the
Minnesota Correctional Facility - Faribault,
including, but not limited to, a secure vehicle
sally port for processing offenders and a
receiving and distribution area to process and
search incoming supplies. This appropriation
includes funding to demolish two existing
buildings on the site of this new building and
remodel existing buildings and infrastructure
as required to accommodate the new facility
operations.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Minnesota Correctional Facility - Red Wing new text end

new text begin Vocational Education Building new text end

new text begin 6,000,000 new text end

new text begin To construct, furnish, and equip a new
vocational education building with a
combined classroom and shop complex.
new text end

Sec. 20. new text beginEMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Total Appropriation new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 206,825,000 new text end

new text begin To the commissioner of employment and
economic development or other named
agency for the purposes specified in this
section.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin State Match For Federal Grants new text end

new text begin 30,000,000 new text end

new text begin (a) To the Public Facilities Authority:
new text end

new text begin (1) to match federal grants for the water
pollution control revolving fund under
Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.07; and
new text end

new text begin (2) to match federal grants for the drinking
water revolving fund under Minnesota
Statutes, section 446A.081.
new text end

new text begin (b) The expenditure and allocation of state
matching money between funds described
in paragraph (a), clauses (1) and (2), must
ensure that the matching funds required
for the drinking water revolving fund are
available to match the 2009 and 2010 federal
grants, with the balance to be made available
to the water pollution control revolving fund.
new text end

new text begin (c) This appropriation must be used for
qualified capital projects.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Upper Sioux Community Water System new text end

new text begin 750,000 new text end

new text begin This appropriation is from the general fund
to the Public Facilities Authority for a grant
to the Upper Sioux Community to improve
the current water system to ensure continuity
of service to the entire population of the
community and to meet the demands of the
planned community expansion over the next
20 years.
new text end

new text begin This appropriation is not available until the
Public Facilities Authority has determined
that at least $375,000 has been committed
from nonstate sources.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Wastewater Infrastructure Funding Program new text end

new text begin 10,300,000 new text end

new text begin (a) To the Public Facilities Authority for the
purposes specified in this subdivision.
new text end

new text begin $10,000,000 is for grants and loans to
eligible municipalities under the wastewater
infrastructure program established in
Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.072.
new text end

new text begin $300,000 is from the general fund to
implement the wastewater infrastructure
program.
new text end

new text begin To the greatest practical extent, the authority
must use the appropriation for projects on
the 2008 project priority list in priority order
by qualified applicants that submit plans
and specifications to the Pollution Control
Agency or receive a funding commitment
from USDA Rural Economic and
Community Development by June 30, 2009,
or for projects on the 2009 project priority
list in priority order by qualified applicants
that submit plans and specifications to the
Pollution Control Agency or have received
a funding commitment from USDA Rural
Economic and Community Development by
December 31, 2009.
new text end

new text begin (b) The grants listed in this paragraph are not
subject to the 2008 or 2009 project priority
list nor to the limitations on grant amounts
set forth in Minnesota Statutes, section
446A.072, subdivision 5a.
new text end

new text begin Up to $2,000,000 may be used for corrective
action on wastewater treatment systems
listed in Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1,
section 23, subdivision 3, paragraph (b).
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Grants new text end

new text begin 2,000,000 new text end

new text begin To the Public Facilities Authority for total
maximum daily load grants under Minnesota
Statutes, section 446A.073.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 6. new text end new text begin Phosphorous Reduction Grants new text end

new text begin 2,000,000 new text end

new text begin To the Public Facilities Authority for grants
under Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.074.
A grant must not exceed $500,000 per
project.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 7. new text end new text begin Small Community Wastewater Grants new text end

new text begin 2,000,000 new text end

new text begin To the Public Facilities Authority for transfer
to the small community wastewater treatment
account for loans and grants under Minnesota
Statutes, section 446A.075.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 8. new text end new text begin Streamlined Infrastructure Financing new text end

new text begin 100,000 new text end

new text begin From the general fund for staff and consultant
costs to develop a credit enhanced pooled
bond program for municipal infrastructure
projects. This appropriation is onetime.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 9. new text end new text begin Greater Minnesota Business Development Infrastructure Grant Program new text end

new text begin 10,000,000 new text end

new text begin For grants under Minnesota Statutes, section
116J.431.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 10. new text end new text begin Bioscience Business Development Public Infrastructure Grant Program new text end

new text begin 10,000,000 new text end

new text begin For grants under Minnesota Statutes, section
116J.435.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 11. new text end new text begin Redevelopment Account new text end

new text begin 10,000,000 new text end

new text begin For purposes of the redevelopment account
under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.571.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 12. new text end new text begin Bemidji Regional Event Center new text end

new text begin 22,000,000 new text end

new text begin For a grant to the city of Bemidji to acquire
land, predesign, design, construct, furnish,
and equip a regional event center to be
located within the core of downtown Bemidji.
new text end

new text begin This appropriation is not available until the
commissioner of finance determines that at
least $25,000,000 is has been committed to
the project from nonstate sources.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 13. new text end new text begin Chisholm - Sewer and Water new text end

new text begin 900,000 new text end

new text begin For a grant to St. Louis County to design,
construct, and install water and sewer lines
from the city of Chisholm to the regional
competition and exhibit center.
new text end

new text begin This appropriation is not available until the
commissioner has determined that at least
an equal amount has been committed from
nonstate sources.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 14. new text end new text begin Crookston Ice Arena new text end

new text begin 10,000,000 new text end

new text begin For a grant to the city of Crookston to design,
construct, furnish, and equip an ice arena
complex to replace an existing facility that is
being relocated to accommodate a planned
flood control project.
new text end

new text begin This appropriation is not available until the
commissioner has determined that the city of
Crookston has committed at least $1,720,825
to the project.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 15. new text end new text begin Duluth - DECC Arena new text end

new text begin 40,000,000 new text end

new text begin For a grant to the Duluth Entertainment
and Convention Center Authority to
design, construct, furnish, and equip capital
improvements and renovations to the Duluth
Entertainment and Convention Center. The
capital improvements and renovations must
include an arena of at least 200,000 square
feet with an ice sheet of at least 200 feet
by 85 feet; trade show and concert space;
seating capacity of at least 6,500 with suites,
club seats, and concessions; updated locker
and training facilities; and accessible and
expanded media space. Notwithstanding
any law to the contrary, the authority may
adopt a design and construction procurement
process as determined by the authority, in
its discretion, to be in the public interest in
connection with the Duluth Entertainment
and Convention Center improvements.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 16. new text end new text begin Itasca County - Steel Plant Infrastructure new text end

new text begin 30,000,000 new text end

new text begin This appropriation is in addition to the
appropriation in Laws 2006, chapter 258,
section 21, subdivision 14.
new text end

new text begin For a grant to Itasca County for public
infrastructure needed to support a steel plant
in Itasca County. Grant money may be used
by Itasca County to acquire right-of-way
and mitigate loss of wetlands and runoff of
storm water, to predesign, design, construct,
and equip roads, and, in cooperation with
municipal public utilities, to predesign,
design, construct, and equip natural gas
pipelines, electric infrastructure, water
supply systems, and wastewater collection
and treatment systems. This appropriation
may also be used for a grant to the Itasca
County Regional Rail Authority to predesign,
design, construct, and equip rail lines needed
to support the steel plant.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 17. new text end new text begin Mankato - Theater and Hockey Center new text end

new text begin 975,000 new text end

new text begin For a grant to the city of Mankato to
predesign and design a performing arts
theater and Southern Minnesota Women's
Hockey Exposition Center attached to the
Mankato Civic Center for use by Minnesota
State University, Mankato.
new text end

new text begin This appropriation is not available until the
commissioner has determined that at least
an equal amount has been committed to the
project from nonstate sources.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 18. new text end new text begin Minneapolis new text end

new text begin (a) Orchestra Hall new text end

new text begin 3,000,000 new text end

new text begin For a grant to the city of Minneapolis to
predesign the renovation of Orchestra Hall
and Peavey Plaza at its current downtown
Minneapolis location, subject to Minnesota
Statutes, section 16A.695.
new text end

new text begin (b) Shubert Performing Arts and Education Center new text end

new text begin 2,000,000 new text end

new text begin For a grant to the city of Minneapolis to
construct, furnish, and equip the Shubert
Theater and an associated atrium to create
the Minnesota Shubert Performing Arts and
Education Center. This appropriation is
added to the appropriation in Laws 2006,
chapter 258, section 21, subdivision 17,
paragraph (b).
new text end

new text begin This appropriation is not available until the
commissioner has determined that at least
an equal amount has been committed from
nonstate sources.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 19. new text end new text begin Rochester - Mayo Civic Center Complex new text end

new text begin 3,500,000 new text end

new text begin For a grant to the city of Rochester to design
the renovation and expansion of the Mayo
Civic Center Complex.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 20. new text end new text begin St. Cloud State University - National Hockey Center new text end

new text begin 10,000,000 new text end

new text begin This appropriation is from the general fund
to the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota
State Colleges and Universities to predesign,
design, construct, furnish, and equip the
renovation of the National Hockey Center.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 21. new text end new text begin St. Paul new text end

new text begin (a) Asian Pacific Cultural Center new text end

new text begin 7,000,000 new text end

new text begin For a grant to the city of St. Paul to construct,
furnish, and equip an Asian Pacific Cultural
Center, subject to Minnesota Statutes, section
16A.695.
new text end

new text begin This appropriation is not available until the
commissioner has determined that at least
an equal amount has been committed from
nonstate sources.
new text end

new text begin (b) Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare new text end

new text begin 300,000 new text end

new text begin For a grant to Ramsey County to predesign
and design renovations for surgical suites and
the pediatric intensive care unit at Gillette
Children's Specialty Healthcare, which until
1989 was a state institution housed in a state
building that served the medical needs of
children with disabilities.
new text end

new text begin This appropriation is not available until the
commissioner has determined that at least
an equal amount has been committed from
nonstate sources.
new text end

Sec. 21. new text beginMINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin To the Minnesota Historical Society for the purposes specified in this section new text end

new text begin 12,694,000 new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Historic Sites Asset Preservation new text end

new text begin 5,000,000 new text end

new text begin For capital improvements and betterments
at state historic sites, buildings, landscaping
at historic buildings, exhibits, markers, and
monuments, to be spent in accordance with
Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307. The
society shall determine project priorities as
appropriate based on need.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Historic Fort Snelling Museum and Visitor Center new text end

new text begin 4,900,000 new text end

new text begin For projects of a capital nature at historic
Fort Snelling to preserve historic structures
and to enhance visitor services.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin County and Local Preservation Grants new text end

new text begin 1,000,000 new text end

new text begin To be allocated to county and local
jurisdictions as matching money for historic
preservation projects of a capital nature,
as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section
138.051. Grant recipients must be public
entities and must match state funds on at
least an equal basis. The facilities must be
publicly owned.
new text end

new text begin $30,000 is for a grant to the city of Wells to
predesign renovation of the historic Wells
Train Depot.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Kelly Farm Renovation new text end

new text begin 1,500,000 new text end

new text begin To predesign and design renovation of the
visitor center and support facilities at the
Oliver H. Kelley historic site.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 6. new text end new text begin Heritage Trails new text end

new text begin 294,000 new text end

new text begin To complete development of the educational
interpretive trail system at the Fort Ridgely
historic site.
new text end

Sec. 22. new text beginBOND SALE EXPENSES new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 978,000 new text end

new text begin To the commissioner of finance for bond sale
expenses under Minnesota Statutes, section
16A.641, subdivision 8.
new text end

Sec. 23. new text beginBOND SALE SCHEDULE new text end

new text begin The commissioner of finance shall schedule
the sale of state general obligation bonds so
that, during the biennium ending June 30,
2009, no more than $880,761,000 will need
to be transferred from the general fund to the
state bond fund to pay principal and interest
due and to become due on outstanding
state general obligation bonds. During
the biennium, before each sale of state
general obligation bonds, the commissioner
of finance shall calculate the amount of
debt service payments needed on bonds
previously issued and shall estimate the
amount of debt service payments that will
be needed on the bonds scheduled to be
sold. The commissioner shall adjust the
amount of bonds scheduled to be sold so as
to remain within the limit set by this section.
The amount needed to make the debt service
payments is appropriated from the general
fund as provided in Minnesota Statutes,
section 16A.641.
new text end

Sec. 24. new text beginBOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Bond proceeds fund. new text end

new text begin To provide the money appropriated in this act
from the bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the
state in an amount up to $1,029,780,000 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 Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Maximum Effort School Loan Fund new text end

new text begin To provide the money appropriated
in this act from the maximum effort school loan fund, the commissioner of finance shall
sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $32,000,000 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. The proceeds of
the bonds, except accrued interest and any premium received on the sale of the bonds,
must be credited to a bond proceeds account in the maximum effort school loan fund.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Transportation fund bond proceeds account. new text end

new text begin To provide the money
appropriated in this article from the state transportation fund, the commissioner of finance
shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $1,000,000 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. The proceeds of
the bonds, except accrued interest and any premium received on the sale of the bonds,
must be credited to a bond proceeds account in the state transportation fund.
new text end

Sec. 25. new text beginCANCELLATIONS; BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION REDUCTIONS.
new text end

new text begin (a) $17,262,000 of the appropriation in Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 19,
subdivision 2, to the Metropolitan Council for the Northwest busway, is canceled. The
bond sale authorization in Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 30, is reduced by $17,262,000.
new text end

new text begin (b) $2,571,000 of the appropriation in Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 20,
article 1, section 2, subdivision 2, paragraph (c), for the teaching and technology center, is
canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 20,
article 1, section 16, is reduced by $2,571,000.
new text end

new text begin (c) The bond sale authorization in Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 20,
article 1, section 16, is reduced by $1,500,000.
new text end

new text begin (d) The bond sale authorization in Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 28,
subdivision 1, is reduced by $2,000,000.
new text end

new text begin (e) The bond sale authorization in Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 25, subdivision
1, is reduced by $3,282,000.
new text end

Sec. 26.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16B.32, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin Subd. 1a new text end

new text begin Onsite energy generation from renewable sources. new text end

new text begin A state agency
that prepares a predesign for a new building must consider meeting at least two percent
of the energy needs of the building from renewable sources located on the building site.
For purposes of this subdivision, "renewable sources" are limited to wind and the sun.
The predesign must include an explicit cost and price analysis of complying with the
two-percent requirement compared with the present and future costs of energy supplied
by a public utility from a location away from the building site and the present and future
costs of controlling carbon emissions. If the analysis concludes that the building should
not meet at least two-percent of its energy needs from renewable sources located on the
building site, the analysis must provide explicit reasons why not. The building may not
receive further state appropriations for design or construction unless at least two percent of
its energy needs are designed to be met from renewable sources, unless the commissioner
finds that the reasons given by the agency for not meeting the two-percent requirement
were supported by evidence in the record.
new text end

Sec. 27.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16B.325, is amended to read:

16B.325 SUSTAINABLE BUILDING GUIDELINES.

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Development of sustainable building guidelines. new text end

The Department
of Administration and the Department of Commerce, with the assistance of other agencies,
shall develop sustainable building design guidelines for all new state buildings by January
15, 2003 new text begin, and for all major renovations of state buildings by February 1, 2009 new text end. The
primary objectives of these guidelines are to ensure that all new state buildings new text begin, and
major renovations of state buildings, new text end initially exceed deleted text beginexisting deleted text end new text begin the state new text end energy code, as
established in Minnesota Rules, chapter 7676, by at least 30 percent.

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Lowest possible cost; energy conservation. new text end

The guidelines must focus
on achieving the lowest possible lifetime cost for new buildings new text begin and major renovations, new text end
and allow for changes in the guidelines that encourage continual energy conservation
improvements in new buildings new text begin and major renovations. The guidelines shall define
"major renovations" for purposes of this section. The definition may not allow "major
renovations" to encompass less than 10,000 square feet or to encompass less than the
complete replacement of the mechanical, ventilation, or cooling system of the building or
a section of the building new text end. The design guidelines must establish sustainability guidelines
that include air quality and lighting standards and that create and maintain a healthy
environment and facilitate productivity improvements; specify ways to reduce material
costs; and must consider the long-term operating costs of the building, including the use of
renewable energy sources and distributed electric energy generation that uses a renewable
source or natural gas or a fuel that is as clean or cleaner than natural gas.

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Development of guidelines; applicability. new text end

new text begin(a) new text endIn developing the
guidelines, the departments shall use an open process, including providing the opportunity
for public comment. The guidelines established under this section are mandatory for all
new buildings receiving funding from the bond proceeds fund after January 1, 2004 new text begin, and
for all major renovations receiving funding from the bond proceeds fund after January
1, 2009 new text end.

new text begin (b) The commissioners of administration and commerce shall review the guidelines
periodically and incorporate performance standards developed under section 216B.241,
subdivision 9, into the guidelines as soon as practicable.
new text end

Sec. 28.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 116.155, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Appropriation.

(a) Money in the general portion of the remediation fund
is appropriated to the agency and the commissioners of agriculture and natural resources
for the following purposes:

(1) to take actions related to releases of hazardous substances, or pollutants or
contaminants as provided in section 115B.20;

(2) to take actions related to releases of hazardous substances, or pollutants or
contaminants, at and from qualified landfill facilities as provided in section 115B.42,
subdivision 2;

(3) to provide technical and other assistance under sections 115B.17, subdivision
14, 115B.175 to 115B.179, and 115C.03, subdivision 9;

(4) for corrective actions to address incidents involving agricultural chemicals,
including related administrative, enforcement, and cost recovery actions pursuant to
chapter 18D; deleted text beginand
deleted text end

(5) new text beginto make debt service payments on revenue bonds issued under section 116.156;
and
new text end

new text begin (6) new text endtogether with any amount approved for transfer to the agency from the petroleum
tank fund by the commissioner of finance, to take actions related to releases of petroleum
as provided under section 115C.08.

(b) The commissioner of finance shall allocate the amounts available in any
biennium to the agency, and the commissioners of agriculture and natural resources for the
purposes provided in this subdivision based upon work plans submitted by the agency and
the commissioners of agriculture and natural resources, and may adjust those allocations
upon submittal of revised work plans. Copies of the work plans shall be submitted
to the chairs of the senate and house committees having jurisdiction over environment
and environment finance.

new text begin (c) Priority for appropriations from the general portion of the remediation fund must
be given to debt service payments under paragraph (a), clause (5).
new text end

Sec. 29.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 116.155, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Revenues.

The following revenues shall be deposited in the general
portion of the remediation fund:

(1) response costs and natural resource damages related to releases of hazardous
substances, or pollutants or contaminants, recovered under sections 115B.17, subdivisions
6 and 7, 115B.443, 115B.444, or any other law;

(2) money paid to the agency or the Agriculture Department by voluntary parties
who have received technical or other assistance under sections 115B.17, subdivision 14,
115B.175 to 115B.179, and 115C.03, subdivision 9;

(3) money received in the form of gifts, grants, reimbursement, or appropriation from
any source for any of the purposes provided in subdivision 2, except federal grants; deleted text beginand
deleted text end

(4) new text beginmoney received from revenue bonds sold under section 116.156 and placed
in a special bond proceeds account; and
new text end

new text begin (5) new text endinterest accrued on the fund.

Sec. 30.

new text begin [116.156] CLOSED LANDFILL CLEANUP REVENUE BONDS.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Bonding authority. new text end

new text begin (a) The commissioner of finance, if requested
by the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency, shall sell and issue state revenue
bonds for the following purposes:
new text end

new text begin (1) to take actions related to hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants at
and from qualified landfill facilities as provided in section 115B.42, subdivision 2;
new text end

new text begin (2) to pay the costs of issuance, debt service, and bond insurance or other credit
enhancements and to fund reserves; and
new text end

new text begin (3) to refund bonds issued under this section.
new text end

new text begin (b) The amount of bonds that may be issued for the purposes of paragraph (a),
clause (1), may not exceed $25,000,000. The amount of bonds that may be issued for the
purposes of paragraph (a), clauses (2) and (3), is not limited.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Procedure. new text end

new text begin The commissioner of finance may sell and issue the bonds
on the terms and conditions the commissioner of finance determines to be in the best
interests of the state. The bonds may be sold at public or private sale. The commissioner
of finance may enter any agreements or pledges the commissioner of finance determines
necessary or useful to sell the bonds that are not inconsistent with this section. Sections
16A.672 to 16A.675 apply to the bonds. The proceeds of the bonds issued under this
section must be credited to a special bond proceeds account in the remediation fund and
are appropriated to the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency for the purposes
specified in subdivision 1.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Revenue sources. new text end

new text begin The debt service on the bonds is payable only from the
following sources:
new text end

new text begin (1) the remediation fund; and
new text end

new text begin (2) other revenues pledged to the payment of the bonds.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Refunding bonds. new text end

new text begin The commissioner of finance may issue bonds to refund
outstanding bonds issued under subdivision 1, including the payment of any redemption
premiums on the bonds and any interest accrued or to accrue to the first redemption date
after delivery of the refunding bonds. The proceeds of the refunding bonds may, in the
discretion of the commissioner of finance, be applied to the purchases or payment at
maturity of the bonds to be refunded, or the redemption of the outstanding bonds on the
first redemption date after delivery of the refunding bonds and may, until so used, be
placed in escrow to be applied to the purchase, retirement, or redemption. Refunding
bonds issued under this subdivision must be issued and secured in the manner provided
by the commissioner of finance.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Not a general or moral obligation. new text end

new text begin Bonds issued under this section are
not public debt, and the full faith, credit, and taxing powers of the state are not pledged
for their payment. The bonds may not be paid, directly in whole or in part from a tax of
statewide application on any class of property, income, transaction, or privilege. Payment
of the bonds is limited to the revenues explicitly authorized to be pledged under this
section. The state neither makes nor has a moral obligation to pay the bonds if the pledged
revenues and other legal security for them is insufficient.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 6. new text end

new text begin Trustee. new text end

new text begin The commissioner of finance may contract with and appoint a
trustee for bondholders. The trustee has the powers and authority vested in it by the
commissioner of finance under the bond and trust indentures.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 7. new text end

new text begin Pledges. new text end

new text begin Any pledge made by the commissioner of finance is valid and
binding from the time the pledge is made. The money or property pledged and later
received by the commissioner of finance is immediately subject to the lien of the pledge
without any physical delivery of the property or money or further act, and the lien of
any pledge is valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort,
contract, or otherwise against the commissioner of finance, whether or not those parties
have notice of the lien or pledge. Neither the order nor any other instrument by which a
pledge is created need be recorded.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 8. new text end

new text begin Bonds; purchase and cancellation. new text end

new text begin The commissioner of finance, subject
to agreements with bondholders that may then exist, may, out of any money available for
the purpose, purchase bonds of the commissioner of finance at a price not exceeding
(1) if the bonds are then redeemable, the redemption price then applicable plus accrued
interest to the next interest payment date thereon, or (2) if the bonds are not redeemable,
the redemption price applicable on the first date after the purchase upon which the bonds
become subject to redemption plus accrued interest to that date.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 9. new text end

new text begin State pledge against impairment of contracts. new text end

new text begin The state pledges and
agrees with the holders of any bonds that the state will not limit or alter the rights vested
in the commissioner of finance to fulfill the terms of any agreements made with the
bondholders, or in any way impair the rights and remedies of the holders until the bonds,
together with interest on them, with interest on any unpaid installments of interest, and all
costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceeding by or on behalf of the
bondholders, are fully met and discharged. The commissioner of finance may include this
pledge and agreement of the state in any agreement with the holders of bonds issued
under this section.
new text end

Sec. 31.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 119A.45, is amended to read:

119A.45 EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING AND CHILD PROTECTION
FACILITIES.

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Grant authority. new text end

The commissioner may make grants to state
agencies and political subdivisions to construct or rehabilitate facilities for early childhood
programs, deleted text beginwith priority to centers in counties or municipalities with the highest percentage
of children living in poverty. The commissioner may also make grants to state agencies
and political subdivisions to construct or rehabilitate facilities for deleted text end crisis nurseries new text begin, new text end or
parenting time centers. new text beginThe following requirements apply:
new text end

new text begin (a) new text endThe facilities must be owned by the state or a political subdivision, but may
be leased under section 16A.695 to organizations that operate the programs. The
commissioner must prescribe the terms and conditions of the leases.

new text begin (b) new text endA grant for an individual facility must not exceed deleted text begin$200,000 deleted text end new text begin$300,000 new text end for each
program that is housed in the facility, up to a maximum of deleted text begin$500,000 deleted text end new text begin$750,000 new text end for a
facility that houses three programs or more. Programs include Head Start, deleted text beginearly childhood
and family education deleted text end deleted text beginprograms deleted text end new text beginSchool Readiness, Early Childhood Family Education,
licensed child care new text end, and other early childhood intervention programs.

new text begin (c) State appropriations must be matched on a 50 percent basis with nonstate funds.
The matching requirement must apply program wide and not to individual grants.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Grant priority. new text end

new text begin(a) new text endThe commissioner must give priority to new text begin: new text end

new text begin (1) projects in counties or municipalities with the highest percentage of children
living in poverty;
new text end

new text begin (2) new text endgrants that involve collaboration among sponsors of programs under this section new text begin; new text end
and

new text begin (3) where feasible, grants for programs that utilize Youthbuild under sections
116L.361 to 116L.366 for at least 25 percent of each grant awarded or $50,000 of the labor
portion of the construction, whichever is less, if:
new text end

new text begin (i) the work is appropriate for Youthbuild, as mutually agreed upon by the grantee
and the local Youthbuild program, considering safety and skills needed;
new text end

new text begin (ii) it is demonstrated by Youthbuild that using Youthbuild will not increase the
overall cost of the project; and
new text end

new text begin (iii) eligible programs consult with appropriate labor organizations to deliver
education and training.
new text end

new text begin (b) The commissioner new text endmay give priority to new text begin:
new text end

new text begin (1) new text end projects that collaborate with child care providers, including all-day and
school-age child care programs, special needs care, sick child care, nontraditional
hour care, and programs that include services to refugee and immigrant families deleted text begin. The
commissioner may give priority to deleted text end new text begin; and
new text end

new text begin (2) new text endgrants for programs that will increase their child care workers' wages as a result
of the grant. deleted text beginIf there is work that is appropriate for youthbuild, as mutually agreed upon by
the grantee and the local youthbuild program, considering safety and skills needed, and if
it is demonstrated by youthbuild that using youthbuild will not increase the overall cost
of the project, then priority must be given to grants for programs that utilize youthbuild
under sections 116L.361 to 116L.366 for at least 25 percent of each grant awarded or
$50,000, whichever is less, of the labor portion of the construction. Eligible programs
must consult with appropriate labor organizations to deliver education and training. State
appropriations must be matched on a 50 percent basis with nonstate funds. The matching
requirement must apply programwide and not to individual grants. deleted text end

Sec. 32.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136F.10, is amended to read:

136F.10 DESIGNATION.

The following are designated as the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities: the
community colleges located at Austin, Bloomington, Brainerd, Brooklyn Park, Cloquet,
Coon Rapids, Ely, Fergus Falls, Grand Rapids, Hibbing, International Falls, Inver Grove
Heights, Minneapolis, Rochester, Thief River Falls, Virginia, White Bear Lake, Willmar,
and Worthington; the community college centers located at Cambridge deleted text beginand deleted text end new text begin, new text end Duluth new text begin, and
Owatonna new text end; the state universities located at Bemidji, Mankato, Marshall, Moorhead, St.
Cloud, Winona, and the Twin Cities metropolitan area; and the technical colleges located
at Alexandria, Albert Lea, Anoka, Austin, Bemidji, Brainerd, Brooklyn Park, Canby,
Detroit Lakes, Duluth, East Grand Forks, Eden Prairie, Eveleth, Faribault, Granite Falls,
Hibbing, Hutchinson, Jackson, Minneapolis, Mahtomedi, Moorhead, North Mankato, Pine
City, Pipestone, Red Wing, Rochester, Rosemount, St. Cloud, St. Paul, Staples, Thief
River Falls, Wadena, Willmar, and Winona.

Sec. 33.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136F.60, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

Subd. 5.

Disposition of surplus property.

(a) The board may declare state lands new text beginor
improvements new text endunder its control that are no longer needed by the Minnesota State Colleges
and Universities system to be surplus and may offer them for public sale in a manner
consistent with the procedures set forth in sections 16B.282 to 16B.286 for disposition of
state lands by the commissioner of administration. The parcels must not be exchanged or
transferred for no or nominal consideration.

(b) Proceeds from the sale or disposition of land new text beginor improvements new text endunder this
subdivision, after paying all expenses incurred in selling or disposing of the land and
then paying any amounts due under section 16A.695, are appropriated to the board for
use for capital projects at the institution that was responsible for management of the
land new text begin or improvements new text end.

Sec. 34.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136F.64, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

General authority; construction; improvements.

(a) Specific
legislative authority is not required for repairs or minor capital projects financed with
operating appropriation or institutional receipts that:

(1) are undertaken for asset preservation or code compliance purposes; or

(2) do not materially increase the net square footage of the institution; and

(3) do not materially increase the costs of instructional programs.

For any project under this section with a cost in excess of deleted text begin$50,000 deleted text end new text begin $3,000,000 new text end,
unless the Board of Trustees determines that an emergency exists, the board must notify
the chair of the Finance Committee of the senate, and the chairs of the Ways and Means
Committee and the Capital Investment Committee of the house in writing before incurring
any contractual obligations.

(b) The board shall supervise and control the preparation of plans and specifications
for the construction, alteration, repair, or enlargement of state college and university
buildings, structures, and improvements for which appropriations are made to the
board. The board shall advertise for bids and award contracts in connection with the
improvements, supervise and inspect the work, approve necessary changes in the plans
and specifications, approve estimates for payment, and accept the improvements when
completed according to the plans and specifications.

Sec. 35.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136F.64, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Unspent appropriations. new text end

new text begin (a) Upon substantial completion of a project
authorized by the legislature and after written notice to the commissioner of finance, the
Board of Trustees must use any money remaining in the appropriation for that project
for higher education asset preservation and replacement under section 135A.046. The
board must report by February 1 of each even-numbered year to the chairs of the house
and senate committees with jurisdiction over capital investments and higher education
finance, and to the chairs of the house 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 authorized by the legislature
that is complete, is available for higher education asset preservation and replacement under
this subdivision, at the same campus as the project for which the original appropriation
was made and the debt service requirement is reduced accordingly. Section 16A.642
applies from the date of the original appropriation to the unspent amount transferred.
new text end

Sec. 36.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 136F.98, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Issuance of bonds.

The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State
Colleges and Universities or a successor may issue revenue bonds under sections 136F.90
to 136F.97 whose aggregate principal amount at any time may not exceed deleted text begin$150,000,000 deleted text end new text begin
$250,000,000 new text end, and payable from the revenue appropriated to the fund established by
section 136F.94, and use the proceeds together with other public or private money that
may otherwise become available to acquire land, and to acquire, construct, complete,
remodel, and equip structures or portions thereof to be used for dormitory, residence hall,
student union, food service, parking purposes, or for any other similar revenue-producing
building or buildings of such type and character as the board finds desirable for the good
and benefit of the state universities. Before issuing the bonds or any part of them, the
board shall consult with and obtain the advisory recommendations of the chairs of the
house Ways and Means Committee and the senate Finance Committee about the facilities
to be financed by the bonds.

Sec. 37.

new text begin [137.61] PURPOSE.
new text end

new text begin Sections 137.61 to 137.64 provide for a biomedical science research funding
program to further the investment in biomedical science research facilities in Minnesota to
benefit the state's economy, advance the biomedical technology industry, benefit human
health, and facilitate research collaboration between the University of Minnesota and other
private and public institutions in this state.
new text end

Sec. 38.

new text begin [137.62] DEFINITIONS.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Applicability. new text end

new text begin The definitions in this section apply to sections
137.61 to 137.64.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Biomedical science research facility. new text end

new text begin "Biomedical science research
facility" means a facility located on the campus of the University of Minnesota to be used
as a research facility and laboratory for biomedical science and biomedical technology. A
hospital licensed under sections 144.50 to 144.56 is not a biomedical science research
facility.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Commissioner. new text end

new text begin "Commissioner" means the commissioner of finance.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Project costs. new text end

new text begin "Project costs" means the sum of all obligations incurred,
paid, or to be paid that are reasonably required for the design, construction, and completion
of the project, including, but not limited to:
new text end

new text begin (1) site acquisition;
new text end

new text begin (2) soil and environmental testing, surveys, estimates, plans and specifications,
supervision of construction, and other engineering and architectural services;
new text end

new text begin (3) payments under construction contracts and payments for performance bonds; and
new text end

new text begin (4) purchase and installation of furniture, fixtures, and equipment.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Project. new text end

new text begin "Project" means the acquisition, construction, improvement,
expansion, repair, or rehabilitation of all or part of a structure, facility, infrastructure, or
equipment necessary for a biomedical science research facility approved by the Board of
Regents.
new text end

Sec. 39.

new text begin [137.63] BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH FACILITIES
FUNDING PROGRAM.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Program established. new text end

new text begin A biomedical science research facilities
funding program is established to provide appropriations to the Board of Regents of the
University of Minnesota for up to 80 percent of the project costs for each of four projects
approved by the Board of Regents under section 137.64.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Project requirements. new text end

new text begin The Board of Regents of the University of
Minnesota, either acting on its own or in collaboration with another private or public
entity, must pay at least 20 percent of the project costs for each of four projects.
new text end

Sec. 40.

new text begin [137.64] CONDITIONS FOR PAYMENTS TO UNIVERSITY.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Certifications. new text end

new text begin Before the commissioner may make any payments
authorized in this section to the Board of Regents for a biomedical science research
facility project, the commissioner must certify that the board has, by board resolution,
approved the maximum project cost for the project and complied with the requirements of
section 137.63, subdivision 2. For each project approved by the board, the board must
certify to the commissioner the amount of the annual payments of principal and interest
required to service each series of bonds issued by the University of Minnesota for the
project, and the actual amount of the state's annual payment to the University of Minnesota
under subdivision 2. The annual payment must not exceed the state's share of the amount
required to service the bonds issued for the project costs.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Payments. new text end

new text begin On July 1 of each year after the certification under subdivision
1, but no earlier than July 1, 2009, and for so long thereafter as any bonds issued by the
board for the construction of a project are outstanding, the state must transfer to the board
annual payments as certified under subdivision 1, up to the maximum amounts in the
appropriation schedule under subdivision 3. Payments under this section are to reimburse
the Board of Regents for the state's share of the project costs for the biomedical science
research facility projects provided that the bonds issued to pay the state's share of the costs
must not exceed $233,600,000.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Appropriations. new text end

new text begin Annual appropriations are made from the general fund to
the commissioner of finance for transfer to the Board of Regents, as follows:
new text end

new text begin (1) up to $1,000,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2010;
new text end

new text begin (2) up to $4,000,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2011;
new text end

new text begin (3) up to $9,000,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2012;
new text end

new text begin (4) up to $14,000,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2013;
new text end

new text begin (5) up to $16,000,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2014; and
new text end

new text begin (6) up to $16,575,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2015 and each year thereafter, up
to 25 years following the certification of the last project by the commissioner.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Reinvestment. new text end

new text begin The Board of Regents must, to the extent permitted under
federal law and University of Minnesota policies, place a priority on reducing the state's
share of project costs by dedicating a share of the proceeds from any commercialization or
licensing revenues attributable to research conducted in the biomedical science facilities
to reduce the state's payment of debt service.
new text end

Sec. 41.

Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 20, article 1, section 12, subdivision
3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3. Wastewater Infrastructure Funding Program

deleted text begin 15,000,000 deleted text end new text begin 13,500,000 new text end

To the public facilities authority for grants to
eligible municipalities under the wastewater
infrastructure program established in
Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.072.

To the greatest practical extent, the authority
should use the grants for projects on the
2002 project priority list in priority order to
qualified applicants that submit plans and
specifications to the pollution control agency
or receive a funding commitment from
USDA rural development before December
1, 2003.

deleted text begin $1,500,000 is for grants to the Larsmont
portion of the Knife River-Larsmont sanitary
district. This appropriation must be used to
reduce the amount of the municipality's loan
from the water pollution revolving fund that
exceeds five percent of the market value of
the properties in the project service area.
This appropriation is in addition to grants
from other appropriations.
deleted text end

Sec. 42.

Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 7, subdivision 21, is amended to read:

Subd. 21. State Park and Recreation Area Acquisition

2,500,000

For acquisition of land under Minnesota
Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivisions 2 and
3, from willing sellers of private lands within
state park and recreation area boundaries
established by law.

$500,000 is to purchase land within the
boundaries of Greenleaf Lake state deleted text beginpark deleted text end new text begin
recreation area new text end in Meeker county.

Sec. 43.

Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 17, is amended to read:

Section 1. PUBLIC SAFETY

642,000

To the commissioner of public safety for
a grant to the new text beginEconomic Development
Authority in and for the new text endcity of Blue Earth
to acquire land for and to predesign, design,
construct, furnish, and equip a fire and
police station. This appropriation is not
available until the commissioner of finance
has determined that at least an equal amount
has been committed to the project from
nonstate sources.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

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

Sec. 44.

Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 20, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3. Systemwide Redevelopment, Reuse, or Demolition

17,600,000

To demolish or improve surplus,
nonfunctional, or deteriorated facilities and
infrastructure at Department of Human
Services campuses statewide.

(a) Up to $8,600,000 may be used to
predesign, design, construct, furnish,
and equip renovation of existing space
or construction of new space for skilled
nursing home capacity for forensic treatment
programs operated by state-operated services
on the campus of St. Peter Regional
Treatment Center.

(b) $4,000,000 may be used to prepare
and develop a site, including demolition of
buildings and infrastructure, to implement
the redevelopment and reuse of the
Ah-Gwah-Ching Regional Treatment Center
campus. If the property is sold or transferred
to a local unit of government, the unspent
portion of this appropriation may be granted
to the local unit of government that acquires
the campus for the purposes stated in this
subdivision. new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota
Statutes, section 16A.642, this appropriation
and its corresponding bond authorization do
not cancel until June 30, 2010.
new text end

(c) $1,000,000 may be used to renovate one
or more buildings for chemical dependency
treatment specializing in methamphetamine
addiction, and demolish buildings, on the
Willmar Regional Treatment Center campus.
If the property is sold or transferred to a local
unit of government, the unspent portion of
this appropriation may be granted to the local
unit of government that acquires the campus
for the purposes stated in this subdivision.

(d) Up to $2,210,000 may be spent by the
commissioner of finance to retire municipal
bonds issued by the city of Fergus Falls and
to retire interfund loans incurred by the city
of Fergus Falls in connection with the waste
incinerator and steam heating facility at the
Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center.

(e) Up to $400,000 may be used for a grant to
the city of Fergus Falls to demolish the city's
waste-to-energy incineration plant located
on the grounds of the Fergus Falls Regional
Treatment Center.

(f) The provisions, terms, and conditions
of any grant made by the director of the
Office of Environmental Assistance under
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 115A, to the
city of Fergus Falls for the waste incinerator
steam heating facility that supports the
Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center and
that may come into effect as a result of the
incinerator and facility being closed, are
hereby waived.

Sec. 45.

Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 21, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2. Asset Preservation

4,000,000

For asset preservation improvements and
betterments of a capital nature at veterans
homes statewide to be spent in accordance
with Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.632.

Up to $2,200,000 of federal money received
by the Minnesota Veterans Homes Board
of Directors as reimbursement for state
capital expenditures at the veterans homes
must be credited to the general fund and
is appropriated to the commissioner of
administration for deleted text beginasset preservation deleted text end new text beginrepairs
and betterments new text endat the homes deleted text beginin accordance
with Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.632 deleted text end.

Sec. 46.

Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 23, subdivision 8, is amended to read:

Subd. 8. Lewis and Clark Rural Water System, Inc.

2,000,000

new text begin This appropriation is from the general fund
new text endto the Public Facilities Authority for grants
to the deleted text begincity of Luverne, city of Worthington
Public Utilities, Lincoln-Pipestone rural
water system, and Rock County rural water
system deleted text end new text beginLewis and Clark Joint Powers
Board new text endto acquire land, predesign, design,
construct, furnish, and equip deleted text beginone or more deleted text end
water transmission and storage facilities deleted text beginto
accommodate the connection with deleted text end new text begin of new text end the
Lewis and Clark Rural Water System, Inc.
that will serve southwestern Minnesota.

deleted text begin The grants deleted text end new text begin Payment to the Lewis and Clark
Rural Water System, Inc., new text end must be deleted text beginawarded
to projects deleted text end approved by the Lewis and Clark
Joint Powers Board.

This appropriation is available only to the
extent new text beginthat each $1 of state money is new text endmatched
by at least $1 of local money paid to the
Lewis and Clark Rural Water System, Inc. deleted text begin
for each $1 of state money to be used to
reimburse costs incurred on eligible projects.
deleted text end

This appropriation is the first phase of the
state share for the Lewis and Clark Rural
Water System, Inc. project as defined in the
federal Lewis and Clark Rural Water System
Act of 2000.

Sec. 47.

Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 23, subdivision 16, is amended to
read:

Subd. 16. Minneapolis

(a) Minnesota Planetarium

22,000,000

For a grant to deleted text beginthe city of Minneapolis deleted text end new text begin
Hennepin County new text end to complete design and
to construct, furnish, and equip a new
Minnesota planetarium and space discovery
center in conjunction with the Minneapolis
downtown library.

(b) Heritage Park

Any unspent balance remaining on December
31, 2004, in the appropriation made by
Laws 2000, chapter 492, article 1, section
22, subdivision 10, for a grant to the city of
Minneapolis, may be used by the city for
improvements to the Heritage Park project.

(c) Minnesota Shubert Center

1,000,000

For a grant to the city of Minneapolis to
predesign and design and provide for related
capital costs for an associated atrium to
create the Minnesota Shubert Center.

Sec. 48.

Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 4, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4. MacPhail Music Center

5,000,000

(a) For a grant to the city of Minneapolis to
predesign, design, construct, furnish, and
equip a new facility for the MacPhail Center
for Music. The city of Minneapolis may
enter into a lease or management agreement
to operate the center, subject to Minnesota
Statutes, section 16A.695. This appropriation
is not available until the commissioner has
determined that not less than $15,000,000
has been committed to the MacPhail Center
for Music from nonstate sources, and that
the available money is sufficient to complete
a functional facility. Money secured before
the effective date of this section may count
toward the required commitment of nonstate
sources, provided it is used for qualified
capital expenditures. Any land acquisition
costs paid by MacPhail Center for Music
qualify as capital expenditures.

(b) The city of Minneapolis may provide
money to predesign, design, construct,
furnish, and equip a center for music
education, including classrooms and a
recital hall in the city of Minneapolis,
to provide a facility for education of
students, music therapy programs for
persons with disabilities, music teacher
training opportunities, curriculum and
program development, and to provide the
programming in public and private schools
and in partnership with other organizations
throughout the state.

new text begin (c) The required demonstration of a
commitment of funds from nonstate sources
has been met by cash, prepaid qualified
expenses, and private multiyear pledges that
have been converted into cash through bond
financing and a letter of credit secured by
a mortgage lien on the state bond financed
property. The $5,000,000 construction grant
shall be disbursed without requirement that
the mortgage lien be released.
new text end

new text begin (d) The commissioners of education and
finance shall agree to a provision in the
ground lease that permits the city of
Minneapolis to purchase for fair market
value, as that term is defined in Minnesota
Statutes, section 16A.695, subdivision 1,
paragraph (d), the interest of the operating
lease lessee in the state bond financed
property (based on investment in land
and capital improvements) in the event of
nonrenewal of the operating lease at the time
of nonrenewal without requirement of a prior
escrow for funds by the city of Minneapolis.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective retroactively from June 2, 2006.
new text end

Sec. 49.

Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 7, subdivision 3, as amended by Laws 2007,
chapter 122, section 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 3. Flood Hazard Mitigation Grants

25,000,000

For the state share of flood hazard
mitigation grants for publicly owned capital
improvements to prevent or alleviate flood
damage under Minnesota Statutes, section
103F.161.

The commissioner shall determine project
priorities as appropriate, based on need.

This appropriation includes money for the
following projects:

(a) Austin

(b) Albert Lea

(c) Browns Valley

(d) Crookston

(e) Canisteo Mine

(f) Delano

(g) East Grand Forks

(h) Golden Valley

(i) Grand Marais Creek

(j) Granite Falls

(k) Inver Grove Heights

(l) Manston Slough

(m) Oakport Township

(n) Riverton Township

(o) new text begin Roseau
new text end

new text begin (p) new text end Shell Rock Watershed District

deleted text begin (p) deleted text end new text begin (q) new text end St. Vincent

deleted text begin (q) deleted text end new text begin (r) new text end Wild Rice River Watershed District

For any project listed in this subdivision
that the commissioner determines is not
ready to proceed or does not expend all the
money allocated to it, the commissioner may
allocate that project's money to a project on
the commissioner's priority list.

To the extent that the cost of a project in Ada,
Breckenridge, Browns Valley, Crookston,
Dawson, East Grand Forks, Granite Falls,
Montevideo, Oakport Township, Roseau,
St. Vincent, or Warren exceeds two percent
of the median household income in the
municipality multiplied by the number
of households in the municipality, this
appropriation is also for the local share of the
project. The local share for the St. Vincent
dike may not exceed $30,000.

Sec. 50.

Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 7, subdivision 7, is amended to read:

Subd. 7. Lake Superior safe harbors

3,000,000

To design and construct capital improvements
to public accesses and small craft harbors on
Lake Superior in accordance with Minnesota
Statutes, sections 86A.20 to 86A.24, and in
cooperation with the United States Army
Corps of Engineers.

This appropriation may be used to develop
the harbor of refuge and marina at Two
Harbors and is added to the appropriations
in Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 7,
subdivision 24; and Laws 2000, chapter
492, article 1, section 7, subdivision 21,
as amended by Laws 2005, chapter 20,
article 1, section 42. Notwithstanding
those laws, the commissioner may proceed
with the Two Harbors project new text beginby providing
up to $1,500,000 to complete the design
specifications and environmental work
currently underway and proceed with the
remaining money for the project new text endupon
securing an agreement with the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers that commits federal
expenditures of at least $4,000,000 to the
project.

Sec. 51.

Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 7, subdivision 11, is amended to read:

Subd. 11. Water control structures

1,000,000

To rehabilitate or replace water control
structures used to manage shallow lakes and
wetlands for waterfowl habitat on wildlife
management areas under Minnesota Statutes,
section 86A.05, subdivision 8 new text begin, or for the
purposes of public water reserves under
Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.101 new text end.

Sec. 52.

Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 7, subdivision 22, is amended to read:

Subd. 22. Regional trails

1,133,000

For matching grants under Minnesota
Statutes, section 85.019, subdivision 4b.

$648,000 is for the Agassiz Recreational
ATV Trail. new text begin Snowmobile trail grant money
received under Minnesota Statutes, section
84.83, subdivision 3, and all-terrain vehicle
trail grant money received under Minnesota
Statutes, section 84.927, subdivision 2, may
be counted as part of the county's required 50
percent nonstate match.
new text end

$485,000 is for a grant to the Central
Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails
Coordination Board to design, engineer,
and construct 6.3 miles of trail and two
parking areas along the Mississippi River
in Sherburne County, to be known as Xcel
Energy Great River Woodland Trail.

Sec. 53.

Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 16, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

Subd. 5. Northeast Minnesota rail initiative						deleted text begin 1,300,000 deleted text end
new text begin (a) Heritage and Arts Center new text end						new text begin 400,000 new text end

For a grant to St. Louis County to renovate
the St. Louis County Heritage and Arts
Center (the Duluth Depot) new text begin.
new text end

new text begin (b) Passenger Rail Service new text end

new text begin 900,000 new text end

deleted text begin and to match federal money for deleted text end new text begin For a
grant to the St. Louis and Lake County
Regional Rail Authority for Phase 1 of
new text endpreliminary engineering, environmental
studies, and construction of the rail line,
railway stations, park-and-ride lots, and
other railroad appurtenances necessary
to facilitate the return of intercity and
commuter/passenger rail service within
Duluth and the Duluth/Twin Cities rail
corridor.

Sec. 54.

Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 17, subdivision 8, is amended to read:

Subd. 8. Metropolitan Regional Parks Capital Improvements

35,362,000

For the cost of improvements and betterments
of a capital nature and acquisition by the
council and local government units of
regional recreational open-space lands in
accordance with the council's policy plan
as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section
473.147. Priority must be given to park
rehabilitation and land acquisition projects.

$300,000 is for a grant to the city of
Bloomington to renovate the old Cedar
Avenue bridge to serve as a hiking and
bicycling trail connection.

$6,000,000 is new text beginfor a grant to the county of
Dakota new text endto acquire land for new text begina regional park
and wildlife area adjacent to new text endthe deleted text beginEmpire
Wetlands deleted text end new text begin Vermillion Highlands Research,
Recreation, and new text end Wildlife new text beginManagement new text endArea
deleted text begin and Regional Park deleted text end in Dakota County.

$1,800,000 is for a grant to the city of
Minneapolis to complete construction of the
Cedar Lake Trail.

$3,500,000 is for a grant to the Minneapolis
Park and Recreation Board to design,
construct, furnish, and equip a new cultural
and community center in the East Phillips
neighborhood in Minneapolis.

$250,000 is for a grant to the Minneapolis
Park and Recreation Board to predesign
completion of the Grand Rounds National
Scenic Byway by providing a link between
northeast Minneapolis on Stinson Avenue
and Southeast Minneapolis at East River
Road.

$2,500,000 is for a grant to the Minneapolis
Park and Recreation Board to mitigate
flooding at Lake of the Isles in the city
of Minneapolis. The grant must be used
for shoreline stabilization and restoration,
dredging, wetland replacement, and other
infrastructure improvements necessary to
deal with the 1997 flood damage and to
prevent future flooding.

$321,000 is for a grant to Ramsey County
to construct a bicycle and pedestrian trail on
the north side of Lower Afton Road between
Century Avenue and McKnight Road in the
city of Maplewood. This appropriation is
not available until the commissioner has
determined that at least an equal amount has
been committed from nonstate sources.

$9,000,000 is for a grant to the city of St.
Paul to predesign, design, construct, furnish,
equip, and redevelop infrastructure at the
Como Zoo.

$2,500,000 is for a grant to the city of St.
Paul to acquire land for and to predesign,
design, construct, furnish, and equip river
park development and redevelopment
infrastructure in National Great River Park
along the Mississippi River in St. Paul.

$2,000,000 is for a grant to the city of
South St. Paul for the closure, capping, and
remediation of approximately 80 acres of
the Port Crosby construction and demolition
debris landfill in South St. Paul, as the fifth
phase of converting the land into parkland,
and to restore approximately 80 acres of
riverfront land along the Mississippi River.

$191,000 is for a grant to the city of White
Bear Lake to construct the Lake Avenue
Regional Trail connecting Highway 96
Regional Trail with Ramsey Beach.

Sec. 55.

Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 21, subdivision 6, is amended to read:

Subd. 6. Redevelopment Account

9,000,000

For purposes of the redevelopment account
under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.571.

$800,000 is for a grant to the city of
Worthington to remediate contaminated
soil and redevelop the site of the former
Campbell Soup factory. new text begin This grant is exempt
from the requirements of Minnesota Statutes,
sections 116J.572 to 116J.575.
new text end

$250,000 is for a grant to the city of Winona
to predesign facilities for new text begina multipurpose
events center and arena to be used for new text endthe
Shakespeare Festival deleted text beginas part of the riverfront
redevelopment plan deleted text end new text begin, Beethoven Festival, and
Minnesota State University-Winona events new text end.
This grant is exempt from the requirements
of Minnesota Statutes, sections 116J.572 to
116J.575.

Sec. 56.

Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 21, subdivision 15, is amended to read:

Subd. 15. Lewis and Clark Rural Water System, Inc.

3,282,000

new text begin This appropriation is from the general fund
new text endto the Public Facilities Authority for grants
to the deleted text begincity of Luverne, city of Worthington
Public Utilities, Lincoln-Pipestone rural
water system, and Rock County rural water
system deleted text end new text begin Lewis and Clark Joint Powers
Board new text end to acquire land, predesign, design,
construct, furnish, and equip deleted text beginone or more deleted text end
water transmission and storage facilities deleted text beginto
accommodate the connection with deleted text end new text begin of new text end the
Lewis and Clark Rural Water System, Inc.
that will serve southwestern Minnesota.

deleted text begin The grants deleted text end new text begin Payment to the Lewis and Clark
Rural Water System, Inc. new text end must be deleted text beginawarded
to projects deleted text end approved by the Lewis and Clark
Joint Powers Board.

This appropriation is available to the extent
that each $1 of state money is matched by at
least $1 of local money paid to the Lewis and
Clark Rural Water System, Inc. deleted text beginto reimburse
the system for costs incurred on eligible
projects.
deleted text end

Sec. 57.

Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 23, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3. Historic Fort Snelling Museum new text begin and Visitor Center new text end

1,100,000

To design deleted text beginthe restoration and renovation of
the 1904 Cavalry Barracks Building for deleted text end the
historic Fort Snelling Museum new text begin and Visitor
Center and other site improvements to
revitalize historic Fort Snelling new text end.

Sec. 58. new text beginEFFECTIVE DATE.
new text end

new text begin Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end