1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; modifying criteria for capital project grants to 
1.3 	political subdivisions;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16A.86, 
1.4 	subdivision 3.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16A.86, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 3.Evaluation. (a) The commissioner shall evaluate all requests from political 
1.8 	subdivisions for state assistance based on the following criteria:
1.9 	(1) the political subdivision has provided for local, private, and user financing for 
1.10 	the project to the maximum extent possible;
1.11 	(2) the project helps fulfill an important state mission;
1.12 	(3) the project is of regional or statewide significance;
1.13 	(4) the project will not require new or any additional state operating subsidies meet 
1.14 	or exceed sustainable building guidelines established under section 16B.325;
1.15 	(5) the project will not expand the state's role in a new policy area use sustainable 
1.16 	building designs to the extent possible;
1.17 	(6) state funding for the project will not create significant inequities among local 
1.18 	jurisdictions;
1.19 	(7) the project will not compete with other facilities in such a manner that they lose a 
1.20 	significant number of users to the new project;
1.21 	(8) the governing bodies of those political subdivisions primarily benefiting from the 
1.22 	project have passed resolutions in support of the project and have established priorities 
1.23 	for all projects within their jurisdictions for which bonding appropriations are requested 
1.24 	when submitting multiple requests; and
2.1 	(9) if a predesign that meets the requirements of section 16B.335 has been completed 
2.2 	and is available at the time the project request is submitted to the commissioner of finance, 
2.3 	the applicant has submitted the project predesign to the commissioner of administration. 
2.4 	(b) The commissioner's evaluation of each request, including whether it meets 
2.5 	each of the criteria in paragraph (a), must be submitted to the legislature along with the 
2.6 	governor's recommendations under section 16A.11, subdivision 1, whether or not the 
2.7 	governor recommends that the request be funded. 

2.8 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.