1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to a University of Minnesota football
1.3 	stadium; providing a process for state support of a
1.4 	football stadium at the University of Minnesota;
1.5 	appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004,
1.6 	sections 297A.71, by adding a subdivision; 340A.404,
1.7 	subdivision 4a; proposing coding for new law in
1.8 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 473.
1.9 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.10 	Section 1. PURPOSE; FINDINGS.
 1.11 	The legislature finds that construction of a new football
1.12 	stadium by the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota
1.13 	on the University's east bank campus in the city of Minneapolis
1.14 	serves statewide public purposes.  The legislature finds that
1.15 	the public purposes served include, but are not limited to,
1.16 	providing an on-campus outdoor intercollegiate football stadium
1.17 	as a part of the public amenities for Minnesota's citizens,
1.18 	enhancing the enjoyment of its citizens, and enhancing the
1.19 	University experience for students, alumni, faculty, staff, and
1.20 	other supporters of the University.  The legislature finds that
1.21 	the University intends to join together with its students,
1.22 	alumni, faculty, staff, and other supporters to raise funds to
1.23 	build a stadium to return college football to the University
1.24 	campus.  Further, the legislature finds that construction of a
1.25 	University of Minnesota football stadium should be supported by
1.26 	the state and that the support should not detract from or be a
1.27 	substitute for other operating and capital support by the state
2.1 	for the University; however, state financial support for the
2.2 	stadium should be conditioned upon the University providing for
2.3 	payment of a significant portion of the stadium's cost from
2.4 	nonstate general revenue fund sources.  The purpose of this act
2.5 	is to provide a firm 40 percent level of funding for a new
2.6 	University football stadium to be constructed and owned by the
2.7 	Regents of the University of Minnesota.

2.8 	Sec. 2. DEFINITIONS.
 2.9 		Subdivision 1.Applicability. The definitions in this
2.10 	section apply to sections 2 to 7.
2.11 		Subd. 2.Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the
2.12 	commissioner of finance.
2.13 		Subd. 3.Stadium. "Stadium" means an athletic stadium
2.14 	suitable for intercollegiate National Collegiate Athletic
2.15 	Association (NCAA) Division I football games and related
2.16 	infrastructure improvements constructed on the University of
2.17 	Minnesota's east bank campus in the city of Minneapolis.
2.18 		Subd. 4.Board. "Board" means the regents of the
2.19 	University of Minnesota.
2.20 		Subd. 5.Commission. "Commission" means the Metropolitan
2.21 	Sports Facilities Commission.

2.22 	Sec. 3. ACTIVITIES; CONTRACTS.
 2.23 	The legislature recognizes that the board has all powers
2.24 	necessary or convenient for designing, constructing, equipping,
2.25 	improving, controlling, operating, and maintaining the stadium
2.26 	and may enter into contracts that are in its judgment in the
2.27 	best interests of the public for those purposes.
2.28 	Notwithstanding contrary law, the board may adopt the fair and
2.29 	competitive design and construction procurement procedures in
2.30 	connection with the stadium that it considers to be in the
2.31 	public interest.  Minnesota Statutes, sections 16B.33 and
2.32 	16B.335, do not apply to the stadium.

2.33 	Sec. 4. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.
 2.34 	The legislature requests that the board complete an
2.35 	environmental review of the stadium project and perform the
2.36 	duties of the responsible governmental unit as prescribed in the
3.1 	Minnesota Environmental Policy Act, Minnesota Statutes, chapter
3.2 	116D, and the rules adopted under that chapter.  The legislature
3.3 	ratifies the Environmental Quality Board's designation of the
3.4 	board as responsible governmental unit.

3.5 	Sec. 5. CONDITIONS FOR PAYMENT TO THE UNIVERSITY.
 3.6 	Before the commissioner may make the first payment to the
3.7 	board authorized in this section the commissioner must certify
3.8 	that the board has received at least $141,000,000 in pledges,
3.9 	gifts, sponsorships and other nonstate general fund revenue
3.10 	support for the construction of the stadium.  On July 1 of each
3.11 	year after certification by the commissioner, but no earlier
3.12 	than July 1, 2007, and for so long thereafter as any bonds
3.13 	issued by the board for the construction of the stadium are
3.14 	outstanding, the state must transfer to the board $7,000,000 to
3.15 	reimburse the board for its stadium costs, provided that bonds
3.16 	issued to pay the state's share of such costs shall not exceed
3.17 	$94,000,000.  $7,000,000 is appropriated annually from the
3.18 	general fund for the purpose of this section.  Except to the
3.19 	extent of the annual appropriation described in this section,
3.20 	the state is not required to pay any part of the cost of
3.21 	designing or constructing the stadium.

3.22 	Sec. 6. NO FULL FAITH AND CREDIT.
 3.23 	Any bonds or other obligations issued by the board under
3.24 	this act are not public debt of the state, and the full faith
3.25 	and credit and taxing powers of the state are not pledged for
3.26 	their payment, or of any payments that the state agrees to make
3.27 	under this act.

3.28 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 297A.71, is
3.29 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
3.30 		Subd. 33.Construction materials; university of minnesota
3.31 	football stadium. Materials, supplies, or equipment used or
3.32 	consumed in connection with the construction, equipping, or
3.33 	improvement of a football stadium constructed for use by the
3.34 	University of Minnesota are exempt.  This subdivision expires
3.35 	one year after substantial completion of the football stadium.

3.36 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 340A.404,
4.1 	subdivision 4a, is amended to read:
4.2 		Subd. 4a.State-owned recreation; entertainment
4.3 	facilities.  Notwithstanding any other law, local ordinance, or
4.4 	charter provision, the commissioner may issue on-sale
4.5 	intoxicating liquor licenses:
4.6 	(1) to the state agency administratively responsible for,
4.7 	or to an entity holding a concession or facility management
4.8 	contract with such agency for beverage sales at, the premises of
4.9 	any Giants Ridge Recreation Area building or recreational
4.10 	improvement area owned by the state in the town of White, St.
4.11 	Louis County;
4.12 	(2) to the state agency administratively responsible for,
4.13 	or to an entity holding a concession or facility management
4.14 	contract with such agency for beverage sales at, the premises of
4.15 	any Ironworld Discovery Center building or facility owned by the
4.16 	state at Chisholm; and
4.17 	(3) to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota
4.18 	for events at Northrop Auditorium and spectator suites and clubs
4.19 	in any intercollegiate football stadium constructed by the
4.20 	University on its Minneapolis campus.
4.21 	The commissioner shall charge a fee for licenses issued
4.22 	under this subdivision in an amount comparable to the fee for
4.23 	comparable licenses issued in surrounding cities.

4.24 	Sec. 9. [473.5955] TERMINATION OF LEASE.
4.25 	The lease between the Regents of the University of
4.26 	Minnesota and the commission dated May 19, 1982, that requires
4.27 	the University of Minnesota football team to play its home
4.28 	football games at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome until July 1,
4.29 	2012, may be terminated by the board effective on or after the
4.30 	date designated by the board as the date of completion of the
4.31 	stadium on the University of Minnesota's east bank campus in the
4.32 	city of Minneapolis.

4.33 	Sec. 10. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 4.34 	Sections 1 to 9 are effective the day following final
4.35 	enactment.