Minnesota Session Laws - 1995, Regular Session

                            CHAPTER 208-S.F.No. 188 
                  An act relating to appropriations; permitting use of 
                  appropriation to relocate athletic fields and 
                  facilities at Brainerd Technical College; authorizing 
                  additional design and construction of space at certain 
                  community college campuses; requiring plans to provide 
                  for joint use of space with certain technical colleges 
                  and state universities; authorizing additional 
                  construction using nonstate resources; amending Laws 
                  1992, chapter 558, section 2, subdivision 3; and Laws 
                  1994, chapter 643, section 11, subdivisions 6, 10, and 
                  11. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  Laws 1992, chapter 558, section 2, subdivision 
        3, is amended to read: 
        Subd. 3.  Brainerd Technical College                 1,200,000
        This appropriation is for working 
        drawings for the joint campus with 
        Brainerd Community College.  The 
        technical college board must consult 
        with the community college board 
        throughout the project. 
        This appropriation may not be used to 
        relocate or replace athletic fields or 
        facilities.  Costs associated with this 
        relocation or replacement must be paid 
        from local money. 
        The state board of technical colleges 
        may sell the current Brainerd Technical 
        College site to independent school 
        district No. 181, Brainerd, for the 
        appraised value of the property. 
           Sec. 2.  Laws 1994, chapter 643, section 11, subdivision 6, 
        is amended to read: 
        Subd. 6.  Lakewood Community College                    170,000
        This appropriation is to prepare 
        schematic plans for a learning 
        resources center for joint use with 
        northeast metro technical college, and 
        for predesign remodeling of classrooms, 
        labs, Americans with Disabilities Act 
        accessible locker and fitness space, 
        and institutional services, and to 
        predesign the construction of new space 
        for joint use with Northeast Metro 
        technical college.  The appropriation 
        is available only after a master 
        academic plan has been developed for 
        the campus and approved by the higher 
        education board.  The master academic 
        plan shall be developed jointly with 
        representation from each of the public 
        post-secondary systems. 
           Sec. 3.  Laws 1994, chapter 643, section 11, subdivision 
        10, is amended to read: 
        Subd. 10.  North Hennepin Community College           6,000,000
        This appropriation is to plan 
        predesign, design, remodel, and 
        construct space for classrooms, labs 
        classroom, student services, learning 
        resource center, the campus center, and 
        administrative, and related space, and 
        to predesign and design through design 
        development the reuse of vacated space 
        including addition to and remodeling of 
        the learning resource center, labs, and 
        portions of the campus center.  This 
        appropriation may be used to predesign 
        and design this reuse and addition even 
        if its construction would require an 
        additional appropriation. 
           Sec. 4.  Laws 1994, chapter 643, section 11, subdivision 
        11, is amended to read: 
        Subd. 11.  Northland Community College 
        (a) Integrate community college 
        and technical college                                   100,000
        This appropriation is to prepare 
        working drawings design documents for 
        remodeling and new construction 
        necessary for the integration of 
        the Northland community college and the 
        Thief River Falls technical college.  
        The project will begin with the 
        integration of the student services 
        area and the learning resources center. 
        (b) Construct regional multievent  
        cultural center                                       3,000,000
        This appropriation is to construct a 
        regional multievent cultural center.  
        All cities, counties, and school 
        districts in region 8A, and public 
        post-secondary education systems shall 
        cooperate in the construction and joint 
        use of the facility.  Up to $2,000,000 
        is available immediately for this 
        project, but the remainder of the money 
        is not available unless matched by an 
        equal amount of money or in-kind 
        contributions from nonstate 
        sources.  Nonstate money or in-kind 
        contributions that are raised in excess 
        of the required match may be used to 
        expand the center with additional 
        phases. 
        Predesign plans for the expanded center 
        may be based on the assumption that 
        contributions in excess of the required 
        match will be available to construct 
        it, but design and construction for 
        each phase may not be undertaken until 
        the money necessary to complete the 
        phase has been committed.  
        The nonstate match added to this 
        project is in lieu of the debt service 
        payment assessed to higher education 
        projects.  
           Sec. 5.  [REPORT ON BRAINERD AND WILLMAR ADOLESCENT 
        PROGRAMS.] 
           The commissioner of human services shall submit a report to 
        the chairs of the house of representatives ways and means 
        committee and the senate finance committee by February 1, 1996, 
        providing information on the cost and feasibility of remodeling 
        the facilities at Brainerd and Willmar to accommodate up to 20 
        additional beds in each facility for the current program for 
        adolescents. 
           Sec. 6.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
           This act is effective the day following final enactment. 
           Presented to the governor May 22, 1995 
           Signed by the governor May 24, 1995, 10:26 a.m.