Minnesota Session Laws - 2004, Regular Session

                            CHAPTER 160-S.F.No. 2626 
                  An act relating to veterans homes; extending certain 
                  leasing authority. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  [EXTENDED LEASING AUTHORITY; HASTINGS.] 
           Subdivision 1.  [LEASE; TERM.] Notwithstanding any contrary 
        limitations contained in Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.24, 
        subdivision 5, paragraph (a), the commissioner of administration 
        may, upon the request of the Minnesota Veterans Homes Board, 
        enter into a ground lease of state-owned property on the campus 
        of the Minnesota Veterans Home-Hastings for a lease term not to 
        exceed 60 years at an amount of $1 per year.  The ground lease 
        must limit the use of the leased property for the purpose of 
        establishing permanent supportive housing for the joint benefit 
        of veterans meeting the criteria enumerated in Minnesota 
        Statutes, section 197.447, and residents of Dakota County, and 
        may contain an option for the state to purchase any building or 
        other structures constructed upon the leased property at a price 
        to be agreed to by the state and the entity that owns the 
        buildings or other structures. 
           Subd. 2.  [UTILITY AND SUPPORT SERVICES.] The Minnesota 
        Veterans Homes Board may contract to provide utility and other 
        support services to those buildings and additional structures 
        that are constructed on the leased property referred to in 
        subdivision 1 and program services to the occupants of those 
        buildings and additional structures at a rate to be established 
        by the board. 
           Presented to the governor April 20, 2004 
           Signed by the governor April 22, 2004, 4:30 p.m.