1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital improvements; authorizing spending
1.3 	to acquire and better public land and buildings and
1.4 	other public improvements of a capital nature with
1.5 	certain conditions; authorizing sale of state bonds;
1.6 	appropriating money.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS.
 1.9 	The sums in the column under "APPROPRIATIONS" are
1.10 	appropriated from the bond proceeds fund, or another named fund,
1.11 	to the state agencies or officials indicated, to be spent for
1.12 	public purposes.  Appropriations of bond proceeds must be spent
1.13 	as authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section
1.14 	5, paragraph (a), to acquire and better public land and
1.15 	buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature, or
1.16 	as authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section
1.17 	5, paragraphs (b) to (j), or article XIV.  Unless otherwise
1.18 	specified, the appropriations in this act are available until
1.19 	the project is completed or abandoned subject to Minnesota
1.20 	Statutes, section 16A.642.

1.21 	Sec. 2. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
 1.22 		Subdivision 1.To the Board of Regents
1.23 	of the University of Minnesota for the
1.24 	purposes specified in this section                  158,101,000
1.25 		Subd. 2.Higher Education Asset
1.26 	Preservation and Replacement (HEAPR)                 90,000,000
1.27 	To be spent in accordance with
1.28 	Minnesota Statutes, section 135A.046.
2.1 		Subd. 3.Duluth Campus
2.2 	(a) Life Science Building                            10,138,000
2.3 	To design, renovate, furnish, and equip
2.4 	the Life Science Building for the
2.5 	pharmacy program and other academic
2.6 	programs on the Duluth campus.  The
2.7 	renovation may include, but is not
2.8 	limited to, improvements to correct air
2.9 	quality problems, life safety and
2.10 	accessibility code deficiencies,
2.11 	asbestos, and fireproofing of the
2.12 	facility.
2.13 	(b) Recreational Sports Addition                      8,671,000
2.14 	To construct, furnish, and equip the
2.15 	recreational sports facility, an
2.16 	addition to the existing sports and
2.17 	health center.  The facility will
2.18 	include fitness and conditioning space,
2.19 	multipurpose recreational space, and
2.20 	office space.
2.21 		Subd. 4.Morris Campus -
2.22 	District Heating and Football Stadium                 5,803,000
2.23 	To design, construct, and equip an
2.24 	addition to the heating plant to
2.25 	provide the capability to burn biomass
2.26 	fuel to produce steam, and to construct
2.27 	a football stadium to be shared with
2.28 	the Morris School District.
2.29 		Subd. 5.Twin Cities Campus -
2.30 	Minneapolis
2.31 	(a) Kolthoff Hall                                    17,409,000
2.32 	To design, renovate, furnish, and equip
2.33 	Kolthoff Hall and to correct air
2.34 	quality problems in the facility that
2.35 	may include, but are not limited to,
2.36 	repair or replacement of the
2.37 	mechanical, electrical, and HVAC
2.38 	systems.
2.39 	(b) Education Sciences                               14,474,000
2.40 	To design, renovate, furnish, and equip
2.41 	the Education Sciences Building.
2.42 	(c) Academic Health Center                           11,606,000
2.43 	To design, renovate, furnish, and equip
2.44 	classrooms and laboratories.
2.45 		Subd. 6.University Funding
2.46 	The Board of Regents must provide
2.47 	nonstate funding for costs of projects
2.48 	authorized in subdivisions 3 to 5 that
2.49 	are not covered by appropriations in
2.50 	this section.  The appropriations in
2.51 	this section are intended to cover
2.52 	approximately two-thirds of the cost of
2.53 	the authorized projects.
2.54 		Subd. 7.Contingencies
3.1 	The commissioner of finance must
3.2 	combine into one account, under the
3.3 	control of the Board of Regents, the
3.4 	portion of each appropriation in this
3.5 	section that is attributable to the
3.6 	amount budgeted for contingencies for
3.7 	projects in this section.  The board
3.8 	must manage the account to pay for
3.9 	exceptional but necessary costs of
3.10 	projects authorized in this section.
3.11 	Upon substantial completion or
3.12 	abandonment of all projects authorized
3.13 	in this section, the board must use any
3.14 	funds remaining in the contingency
3.15 	account for HEAPR under Minnesota
3.16 	Statutes, section 135A.046.  The Board
3.17 	of Regents must report by February 1 of
3.18 	each even-numbered year to the chairs
3.19 	of the house and senate committees with
3.20 	jurisdiction over capital investments
3.21 	and higher education finance, and to
3.22 	the chairs of the house Ways and Means
3.23 	Committee and the senate Finance
3.24 	Committee on how the money in the
3.25 	contingency account has been allocated
3.26 	or spent.

3.27 	Sec. 3. BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.
 3.28 	To provide the money appropriated in this act from the bond
3.29 	proceeds fund, the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue
3.30 	bonds of the state in an amount up to $158,101,000 in the
3.31 	manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by
3.32 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the
3.33 	Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

3.34 	Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 3.35 	Sections 1 to 3 are effective the day following final
3.36 	enactment.