1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to veterans homes; extending certain leasing 
  1.3             authority. 
  1.4   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.5      Section 1.  [EXTENDED LEASING AUTHORITY; HASTINGS.] 
  1.6      Subdivision 1.  [LEASE; TERM.] Notwithstanding any contrary 
  1.7   limitations contained in Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.24, 
  1.8   subdivision 5, paragraph (a), the commissioner of administration 
  1.9   may, upon the request of the Minnesota Veterans Homes Board, 
  1.10  enter into a ground lease of state-owned property on the campus 
  1.11  of the Minnesota Veterans Home-Hastings for a lease term not to 
  1.12  exceed 60 years at an amount of $1 per year.  The ground lease 
  1.13  must limit the use of the leased property for the purpose of 
  1.14  establishing permanent supportive housing for the joint benefit 
  1.15  of veterans meeting the criteria enumerated in Minnesota 
  1.16  Statutes, section 197.447, and residents of Dakota County, and 
  1.17  may contain an option for the state to purchase any building or 
  1.18  other structures constructed upon the leased property at a price 
  1.19  to be agreed to by the state and the entity that owns the 
  1.20  buildings or other structures. 
  1.21     Subd. 2.  [UTILITY AND SUPPORT SERVICES.] The Minnesota 
  1.22  Veterans Homes Board may contract to provide utility and other 
  1.23  support services to those buildings and additional structures 
  1.24  that are constructed on the leased property referred to in 
  2.1   subdivision 1 and program services to the occupants of those 
  2.2   buildings and additional structures at a rate to be established 
  2.3   by the board.